English

agrotype

From agro- + type.

Formed from agro- + type

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros ‘field, pasturage’

Proto-Italic *agros ‘field’

Latin ager ‘field’

English agro-

Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewp- ‘to push’

Ancient Greek τύπτω ‘to strike’

Ancient Greek τύπος ‘mark’

Latin typus

Middle English type ‘symbol’

English type

Today it means

noun A type of soil used for agriculture

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / agrotype