Etymology of the English word ectype
the English word
ectypederived from the Greek word
ektuposderived from the Greek word
ek, ἐκ
derived from the Greek word
tupos, τύπος (type; a die (as struck); a stamp or scar; by analogy, a shape; a statue, style or resemblance; specially, a sampler ('type'); a model (for imitation) or instance (for warning))
derived from the Greek word
tuptein, τύπτω
Date
The earliest known usage of ectype in English dates from the 17th century.
