Etymograph

English

featuretype

From feature + type.

A compound of feature + type

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ‘to do’

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Latin factūra

Old French faiture

Anglo-Norman feture

Middle English feture ‘form, bodily profile’

English feature

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 feature.

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

Etymograph / featuretype