Etymology of the English word typesetting
the English word
typesettingderived from the English word
typederived 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
derived from the English word
settingderived from the English word
setderived from the Proto-Germanic root
*satjananderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*sed-using the English suffix
-ingDerivations in English
phototypesettingUsage
Word found in Modern English
