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protype

The English word “protype” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

  1. archetype, exemplar

Etymology

From pro- + type, or else a learned borrowing from Koine Greek πρότυπον (prótupon, “model”), the nominalized neuter form of Koine Greek πρότυπος (prótupos, “serving as a model”), from πρό (pró) + τύπος (túpos).

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