English
tectotype
From tecto- + type, coined independently in different fields.
first attested The earliest attested sense is the taxonomic one, coined by Frederick Chapman in 1912 (as stated in Wiktionary’s etymology)
The story
From tecto- + type, coined independently in different fields. The earliest attested sense is the taxonomic one, coined by Frederick Chapman in 1912.
Today it means
noun A type specimen explicitly designated to show microscopic structure.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / tectotype