Episode 198: Prototype

Your Greek Word On A Sunday

(Intro & piano music)
This word has changed very little in its travels and it took the common route arriving here. Greek, Latin, French and in the 1600 across the English channel. Πρώτο (proto) in both ancient and modern Greek means 'The first' and τύπος (tipos) comes from the ancient greek verb τίπτω( tipto) meaning 'I hit'; that verb, used metaphorically, gave its name to 'stamping', which was a way of verifying originality. So, when something that was the original form after which everything else was formed got a literal or metaphorical seal of approval , it was called a ΠΡΩΤΟΤΥΠΟ/PROTOTYPE

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