Where does “monotipist” come from?
monotipist (Romanian) comes from Italian monotipista, from Italian monotipo, 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.
monotipist (Romanian): monotype operator
Definitions
- monotype operator
Ancestry of “monotipist”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | monotipista | monotype operator |
| 2 | Italian | monotipo | monotype |
| 3 | Italian | tipo | standard, model, average, stock; like, kinda;... |
| 4 | Latin | typus | figure, image; type, form, sort, kind; form,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | τύπος | A blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | τύπτω | to beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewp- | to push, to stick |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |