Where does “atypicality” come from?
atypicality (English) comes from English atypical, from English typical, from Late Latin typicalis, from Latin typicus, from Latin typus, from Ancient Greek τύπος, from Ancient Greek τύπτω, from Proto-Indo-European (s)tewp- — to push, to hit.
atypicality (English): The condition of being atypical
Definitions
- The condition of being atypical
Ancestry of “atypicality”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | atypical | Not conforming to the normal type; Unusual or... |
| 2 | English | typical | Capturing the overall sense of a thing;... |
| 3 | Late Latin | typicalis | — |
| 4 | Latin | typicus | figurative, typical; periodic; When it is the... |
| 5 | Latin | typus | figure, image; type, form, sort, kind; form,... |
| 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 |