Where does “prototipo” come from?
prototipo (Italian) comes from Italian proto, from Ancient Greek πρῶτος, from Ancient Greek πρό, from Proto-Indo-European pró, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.
prototipo (Italian): prototype
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Ancestry of “prototipo”, step by step
prototipo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian proto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | proto | chief of a workforce; An architect in charge of... |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | πρῶτος | first; earliest; foremost, most prominent |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | πρό | before; before, in front, forth, forward; before,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | pró | toward, leading to |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via Italian tipo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | tipo | standard, model, average, stock; like, kinda;... |
| 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 |