Where does “archetype” come from?
archetype (Latin) comes from Latin archetypus, from Ancient Greek ἀρχέτυπος, from Ancient Greek τύπος, from Ancient Greek τύπτω, from Proto-Indo-European (s)tewp-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)tew- — to push, to hit.
archetype (Latin): vocative masculine singular of archetypus
Definitions
- vocative masculine singular of archetypus
Ancestry of “archetype”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | archetypus | archetypical, original |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ἀρχέτυπος | first-molded; first-moulded |
| 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 |