The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromτύπος“mark, impression, type”
- Latin · derived fromtypus
- Middle English · inherited fromtype“symbol, figure, emblem”
- English todaytype
From Middle English type (“symbol, figure, emblem”), from Latin typus, from Ancient Greek τύπος (túpos, “mark, impression, type”), from τύπτω (túptō, “to strike, beat”).
Words from the same roots
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.