Where does “serotype” come from?
Serotype is a twentieth-century English compound of sero- (from serum) and -type (from Greek týpos meaning "impression" or "model"), coined to classify microorganisms by their serological properties.
serotype (English): A group of microorganisms characterised by a...
Definitions
- A group of microorganisms characterised by a...
Ancestry of “serotype”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | type | A grouping based on shared characteristics; a... |
| 2 | Middle English | type | symbol, figure, emblem |
| 3 | Latin | typus | figure, image; type, form, sort, kind; form,... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | τύπος | A blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | τύπτω | to beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewp- | to push, to stick |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |