Etymology

palaeotype

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New Latin palaeotypus
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The story

  1. New Latin · borrowed frompalaeotypus“which dates from the early days of printing; incunabulum, paleotype”
  2. English todaypalaeotype

From New Latin palaeotypus (“which dates from the early days of printing; incunabulum, paleotype”), synchronically palaeo- + type.

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