Where does “archetypist” come from?
archetypist (English) comes from English archetype, from Old French architipe, from Latin archetypum, from Latin archetypus, from Ancient Greek ἀρχέτυπος, from Ancient Greek τύπος, from Ancient Greek τύπτω, from Proto-Indo-European (s)tewp- — to push, to hit.
archetypist (English): A proponent of the Jungian concept of archetypes
Definitions
- A proponent of the Jungian concept of archetypes
Ancestry of “archetypist”, step by step
archetypist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English archetype
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | archetype | An original model of which all other similar... |
| 2 | Old French | architipe | — |
| 3 | Latin | archetypum | nominative neuter singular of archetypus;... |
| 4 | Latin | archetypus | archetypical, original |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἀρχέτυπος | first-molded; first-moulded |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | τύπος | A blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | τύπτω | to beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewp- | to push, to stick |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |
via English ist
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ist | A practitioner or supporter of an ism |
| 2 | English | -ist | Added to words to form nouns denoting |
| 3 | Old French | -iste | — |
| 4 | Latin | -ista | -ist; one who practises or believes |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ιστής | Alternative form of -τής; -ist |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -τής | Appended to verbs to form agent nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | -tās | — |