English
protype
Protype comes from Koine Greek πρότυπον ‘model’, and goes back to πρότυπος.
- Koine Greekc. 300 BCE–600 CEπρότυποςprótupos‘serving as a model’
- Koine Greek, derivedc. 300 BCE–600 CEπρότυπονprótupon‘model’nominalized neuter form of πρότυπος
- Englishearliest quotation 2006protype
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Koine Greekc. 300 BCE–600 CEπρότυποςprótupos‘serving as a model’
- Koine Greek, derivedc. 300 BCE–600 CEπρότυπονprótupon‘model’nominalized neuter form of πρότυπος
- Englishearliest quotation 2006protype
Earliest quotation: 2006, Andrew Adamatzky, Reaction-Diffusion Reactive Wetware: “We pinpoint all essential ingredients of intelligence found in…”.
A compound of πρό ‘before, in front of’ + τύπος ‘a blow’
Proto-Indo-European *pró ‘forwards, before’
Proto-Hellenic *pró
Ancient Greek πρό ‘before, in front of’
Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewp- ‘to push, beat’
Ancient Greek τῠ́πτω ‘to poke, beat’
Ancient Greek τύπος ‘a blow’
Every English word from Koine Greek πρότυπος
Today it means
noun archetype, exemplar
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Koine Greek πρότυπος / protype