protype

protype means archetype, exemplar.

Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, protype ranks #2,710 of 42,749 for Qualifying.

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).

noun

archetype, exemplar

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