Where does “typolithographie” come from?
typolithographie (French) comes from French lithographie, from French -graphie, from Latin -graphia, from Ancient Greek γράφω, from Proto-Hellenic grəpʰō, from Proto-Indo-European gerbʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European ger- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
typolithographie (French): typolithography
Definitions
- typolithography
Ancestry of “typolithographie”, step by step
typolithographie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French lithographie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | lithographie | lithography; lithograph |
| 2 | French | -graphie | -graphy |
| 3 | Latin | -graphia | -graphy |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | γράφω | to scratch, cut into; to draw, sketch, paint; to... |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | grəpʰō | to scratch, cut or carve into |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gerbʰ- | to carve |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |
via French type
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | type | type; sort, kind; guy, bloke, man; typeface |
| 2 | Latin | typus | figure, image; type, form, sort, kind; form,... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | τύπος | A blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | τύπτω | to beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewp- | to push, to stick |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |