Where does “archetypus” come from?
archetypus (Latin) comes 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.
archetypus (Latin): archetypical, original
Ancestry of “archetypus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | ἀρχέτυπος | first-molded; first-moulded |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | τύπος | A blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | τύπτω | to beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewp- | to push, to stick |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |
Words derived from “archetypus”