prototypic

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adjective

Of or pertaining to a prototype; prototypical

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archetypalarchetypicalprototypalprototypicalfirst1st
OriginEnglish prototype ← Late Latin prototypon ← Ancient Greek πρωτότυπος (prōtótupos) →
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Meanings

adjectiveprototypic (comparative more prototypic, superlative most prototypic)

comparative more prototypic · superlative most prototypic

  1. Of or pertaining to a prototype; prototypical

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiverepresenting or constituting an original type after which other similar things are patterned

Similar
archetypalarchetypicalprototypalprototypicalfirst1st
Also see
archetypalarchetypicalprototypalprototypical

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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. Englishprototypic

From prototype + -ic.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

pyroptotic
Cite this entry
APA

prototypic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prototypic

MLA

“prototypic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prototypic. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “prototypic,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prototypic.

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