prototyper

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noun

One who, or that which, prototypes.

OriginEnglish prototype ← Late Latin prototypon ← Ancient Greek πρωτότυπος (prōtótupos) →
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Meanings

nounprototyper (plural prototypers)

plural prototypers

  1. One who, or that which, prototypes.

Origin

  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. Englishprototyper

From prototype + -er.

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APA

prototyper. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prototyper

MLA

“prototyper.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prototyper. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “prototyper,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prototyper.

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