Etymology of the English word prototype
the English word
prototypederived from the French word
prototypederived from the Greek word
prototuponderived from the Greek word
prototupos, πρωτότυπος
using the Byzantine Greek prefix
proto-, πρωτο-
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
Cognates
Dutch
prototype, French
prototype, German
Prototyp, Norwegian
prototyp, Swedish
prototypUsage
Word found in Modern English
