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Where does “nonarchetypal” come from?

nonarchetypal (English) comes from English archetypal, 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 — to push, to hit.

nonarchetypal (English): Not archetypal

Definitions

  1. Not archetypal

Ancestry of “nonarchetypal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglisharchetypalOf or pertaining to an archetype
2EnglisharchetypeAn original model of which all other similar...
3Old Frencharchitipe—
4Latinarchetypumnominative neuter singular of archetypus;...
5Latinarchetypusarchetypical, original
6Ancient Greekἀρχέτυποςfirst-molded; first-moulded
7Ancient GreekτύποςA blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,...
8Ancient Greekτύπτωto beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself
9Proto-Indo-European(s)tewp-to push, to stick
10Proto-Indo-European(s)tew-to push, to hit
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