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Where does “tipo” come from?

tipo (Esperanto) comes from French type, from Latin typus, from Ancient Greek τύπος, from Ancient Greek τύπτω, from Proto-Indo-European (s)tewp-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)tew- — to push, to hit.

Ancestry of “tipo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtypetype; sort, kind; guy, bloke, man; typeface
2Latintypusfigure, image; type, form, sort, kind; form,...
3Ancient GreekτύποςA blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,...
4Ancient Greekτύπτωto beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself
5Proto-Indo-European(s)tewp-to push, to stick
6Proto-Indo-European(s)tew-to push, to hit

Words derived from “tipo”

  • cianotipo
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