English
lectotype
Lectotype comes from Ancient Greek λέκτος ‘chosen’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEλέκτοςléktos‘chosen’
- Englishearliest quotation 1905lectotype
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEλέκτοςléktos‘chosen’
- Englishearliest quotation 1905lectotype
Earliest quotation: 1905, George P. Merrill, Bulletin of the United States National Museum: “Where the original diagnosis is without illustrations or is…”
A compound of λέγειν ‘to choose’ + τύπος ‘blow, impression’
Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- ‘to collect, gather’
Proto-Hellenic *légō ‘to gather’
Ancient Greek λέγω ‘to choose’
Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewp- ‘to push, beat’
Ancient Greek τῠ́πτω ‘to poke, beat’
Ancient Greek τύπος ‘blow, impression’
Every English word from Ancient Greek λέκτος
Today it means
noun A biological specimen or illustration later selected to serve as definitive type example of a species or subspecies when the original author of the name did not designate a holotype.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek λέκτος / lectotype