English
foretype
From fore- + type.
Proto-Indo-European *per- ‘before, formerly’
Proto-Germanic *fura- ‘before, in front of, for’
Proto-West Germanic *forē- ‘before, in front of, fore-, pre-’
English fore-
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 or figure occurring beforehand or in advance; forerunner; predecessor; prototype
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Etymograph / foretype