Where does “fototipografia” come from?
fototipografia (Italian) comes from Italian tipografia, from Italian tipo, 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.
fototipografia (Italian): phototypography
Definitions
- phototypography
Ancestry of “fototipografia”, step by step
fototipografia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian tipografia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | tipografia | typography, printing; press, print shop |
| 2 | Italian | tipo | standard, model, average, stock; like, kinda;... |
| 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 |
via Portuguese tipografia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | tipografia | typography |
| 2 | Portuguese | -iço | ic; -ical of or relating to [the suffixed noun] |
| 3 | Latin | -icum | nominative neuter singular of -icus; accusative... |
| 4 | Latin | -icus | belonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ικός | of or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -κός | forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |