myEtymology.com: English etymology of electrotypy

Etymology of the English word electrotypy

the English word electrotypy

derived from the English word electrotype

derived from the English word type

derived from the Late Latin word typus (figure, bas-relief; ground plan; form, type, character)

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

using the English prefix electro-

derived from the New Latin prefix electro-

derived from the Latin word electrum (electrum; amber; electron)

derived from the Greek word elektron, ἤλεκτρον (amber)

using the English suffix -y