type
Greekimpression, mark, form, kind
About This Root
From Greek typos (a blow, impression, mark), from typtein (to strike). Originally the mark left by a blow — like a stamp. Branches into classification (type, typical, typify), printing/writing (typewriter, typographical, typist), and fixed patterns (stereotype — a fixed impression, archetype — the original pattern). Daguerreotype preserves the literal "impression" meaning in early photography.
Associated Words · 11
type
a category or kind; to write using a keyboard
typical
Having the usual qualities of a type or group; normal and expected
stereotype
A fixed oversimplified idea about a type of person; to characterize someone by such an idea
typewriter
A mechanical device used to print text onto paper
stereotypical
Conforming to an oversimplified, fixed image or idea
typify
To be a typical example or embodiment of something
archetype
An original model or ideal example from which others are derived
typist
A person who types documents as their job
daguerreotype
An early 19th-century photographic process or the image it produced.
typographical
Relating to typography or the printing of text
stereotyped
Fixed, unoriginal, and conforming to a stereotype