-type

See also: type, Type, and typé

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *(s)tew-
Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewp-der.
Proto-Hellenic *túpt͏̌ō
Ancient Greek τῠ́πτω (tŭ́ptō)deverb.
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Hellenic *-os
Ancient Greek -ος (-os)
Ancient Greek τύπος (túpos)der.
English -type

    From Ancient Greek τύπος (túpos, “mark, type”), see type.

    Suffix

    -type (noun-forming suffix, plural -types)

    1. impressed form; stamp; print
    2. typical form
    3. (biology) Used to form words referring to groups of organisms characterized by the presence of a specific feature
    4. -like

    Derived terms

    English terms suffixed with -type
    albertype
    allelotype
    allotype
    aluminotype
    amphitype
    antibiotype
    archetype
    aristotype
    auxotype
    cerotype
    chemitype
    chemotype
    chorotype
    chromotype
    chrysotype
    climatype
    clonotype
    collodiotype
    collotype
    cryptotype
    cyanotype
    cytotype
    diaphanotype
    duotype
    enterotype
    ergatotype
    ferrotype
    fluorotype
    genotype
    glossotype
    graphotype
    haplotype
    heliotype
    hervotype
    holotype
    homotype
    hyalotype
    ideotype
    ivorytype
    karyotype
    lithotype
    mesotype
    monotype
    morphotype
    ootype
    opalotype
    optotype
    orthotype
    panotype
    papyrotype
    pathotype
    phagotype
    phenotype
    phonotype
    photomezzotype
    platinotype
    porotype
    prototype
    ribotype
    serotype
    somatotype
    stenotype
    syntype
    theratype
    thermotype
    topotype
    toxinotype
    Woodburytype
    zincotype

    Translations

    Translations

    References

    • “-type”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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