Etymology

prototypic

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Today it means: Of or pertaining to a prototype; prototypical Full definition →

English prototype ← Late Latin prototypon ← Ancient Greek πρωτότυπος (prōtótupos)
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pér
  3. Proto-Indo-European*pró
  4. Ancient Greekπρό (pró)
  5. Ancient Greekπρῶτος (prôtos)
  6. Ancient Greekπρωτο- (prōto-)
  7. Proto-Indo-European*(s)tew-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*(s)tewp-
  9. Proto-Hellenic*túpt͏̌ō
  10. Ancient Greekτῠ́πτω (tŭ́ptō)
  11. Ancient Greekπρωτότυπος (prōtótupos)
  12. Latinprōtotypu
  13. Frenchprototype
  14. Ancient Greekπρωτότυπος (prōtótupos)
  15. Late Latinprototypon
  16. Englishprototype
  17. English todayprototypic

From prototype + -ic.

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