English
allotype
From allo- + -type.
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 designated paratype of a species (or lower-order taxon) that is the opposite sex of the holotype.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / allotype