Where does “arquetipo” come from?
arquetipo (Spanish) comes from Latin archetypum, 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.
arquetipo (Spanish): archetype
Ancestry of “arquetipo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | archetypum | nominative neuter singular of archetypus;... |
| 2 | Latin | archetypus | archetypical, original |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἀρχέτυπος | first-molded; first-moulded |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | τύπος | A blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | τύπτω | to beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewp- | to push, to stick |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |
Words derived from “arquetipo”