Where does “Drucktype” come from?
Drucktype (German) comes from German drücken, from Middle High German drücken, from Old High German drucchen, from Proto-West Germanic þrukkijan, from Proto-Germanic þrukkijaną, from Proto-Indo-European ter-, from Italian termine, from Latin terminus — boundary, end.
Drucktype (German): a printing form, a font die
Definitions
- a printing form, a font die
Ancestry of “Drucktype”, step by step
Drucktype traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German drücken
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | drücken | to press; to push; to squeeze; to hug; to shirk;... |
| 2 | Middle High German | drücken | — |
| 3 | Old High German | drucchen | to press |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | þrukkijan | to press |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | þrukkijaną | to press on; to crowd |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ter- | tender, weak; young creature |
| 7 | Italian | termine | end, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word |
| 8 | Latin | terminus | a boundary, limit, end |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | termenos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | térmn̥ | boundary, end |
via German Type
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Type | a type in typesetting; a type of a typewriter or... |
| 2 | French | type | type; sort, kind; guy, bloke, man; typeface |
| 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 |