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Where does “typological” come from?

Typological derives from English typology, combining English type and English -logy, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European (s)tew- meaning to place or stand, with the suffix -kos.

typological (English): Of or relating to typology

Definitions

  1. Of or relating to typology

Ancestry of “typological”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtypologyThe study of symbolic representation, especially...
2English-ologyAlternative form of -logy; 1843, Thomas Chandler...
3English‐o‐—
4English-prim—
5EnglishtrimethoprimA synthetic antibiotic used to treat malaria and...
6EnglishtrimethoxyThree methoxy groups in a molecule
7EnglishmethoxyThe univalent radical CH-O- derived from methanol
8Englishoxy-Sharp, keen, acute, pungent, acid; Concerning...
9EnglishoxygenThe chemical element with an atomic number of 8...
10Frenchoxygèneoxygen; inflection of oxygéner: ##...
11Ancient Greekγένοςoffspring, descendant; family, clan; nation, race
12Proto-Hellenicgénosfamily; race
13Proto-Indo-Europeanǵénh₁osrace, lineage
14Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth

Words derived from “typological”

  • typologically
  • psychotypological
  • psychotypologically
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