Where does “cromotipie” come from?
cromotipie (Romanian) comes from French chromotypie, from English chromotype, from English type, from Middle English type, from Latin typus, from Ancient Greek τύπος, from Ancient Greek τύπτω, from Proto-Indo-European (s)tewp- — to push, to hit.
cromotipie (Romanian): chromotypy
Definitions
- chromotypy
Ancestry of “cromotipie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | chromotypie | chromotypy |
| 2 | English | chromotype | A sheet printed in colour by any process, such as... |
| 3 | English | type | A grouping based on shared characteristics; a... |
| 4 | Middle English | type | symbol, figure, emblem |
| 5 | Latin | typus | figure, image; type, form, sort, kind; form,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | τύπος | A blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | τύπτω | to beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewp- | to push, to stick |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |