Archetype definition
An archetype of the successful entrepreneur.
An event that might be an archetype is birth.
An example of an archetype is Frankenstein whose character influenced many future characters of horror books and movies.
Origin of archetype
- Latin archetypum from Greek arkhetupon from neuter of arkhetupos original arkhe-, arkhi- archi- tupos model, stamp
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Old French architipe (French archétype), from Latin archetypum, from Ancient Greek ἀρχέτυπον (arkhetupon, “pattern, model”) neuter of ἀρχέτυπος (arkhetupos, “first-moulded”), from ἀρχή (arkhē, “first, origin ”) + τύπος (typos, “sort, type, press”).
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