Etymograph

English

typification

From type + -ification.

A compound of type + -ification

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 The act of typifying.

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

Etymograph / typification