Etymology

From Latin archetypum, from Ancient Greek ἀρχέτυπον ‎(arkhétupon, “pattern, model”) neuter of ἀρχέτυπος ‎(arkhétupos, “first-moulded”), from ἀρχή ‎(arkhḗ, “first, origin”) + τύπος ‎(túpos, “sort, type, press”).