archetype English · revision 1557

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈɑːkɪtaɪp/ ''(UK)''; /ˈɑɹkɪtaɪp/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la|archetypum|t=an original]], possibly through [[frm|archétype]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(MW Collegiate)^(Collins 2023) from [[grc|ἀρχέτυπον|tr=arkhétupon|t=pattern, model]], the neuter of [[m|grc|ἀρχέτυπος|tr=arkhétupos|t=first-moulded, original]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(Klein 1966) from [[m|grc|ἀρχε-|tr=arkhe-|t=first]] (see [[arch-]]) and [[m|grc|τύπος|tr=túpos|t=blow, impression, mould]] (see [[type]]).^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(Klein 1966)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The original pattern from which copies are made (1545 in Barnhart and Merriam-Webster; 1599 in the OED).^(Barnhart 1995)^(MW Collegiate)^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Etymonline notes that the Greek word was also used of the figure on a seal.^(Etymonline) Johnson (1755) defines it as the original of which any likeness is made.^(Johnson 1755) In Platonism an archetype is one of the ideas of which existing things are imitations.^(MWU 2024) In comparative anatomy it was an assumed ideal pattern of the structure of a group of organisms (1849).^(OED 1989) The Jungian sense, a pervasive image or symbol forming part of the [[collective unconscious]], dates from 1919.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) It is also used of a recurring symbol or motif in literature and art,^(Collins 2023) and in textual criticism of the original manuscript from which all copies derive.^(RHWU)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1545 – original pattern or model.^(Barnhart 1995)^(MW Collegiate)

+ * 1599 – first quotation in the OED.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1849 – in comparative anatomy.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1919 – in Jung's psychology.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # An original model or pattern on which later things of the same kind are based; a [[prototype]].^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A perfect or typical example of something; a [[quintessence]].^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(psychology)'' In the psychology of Carl [[Jung]], an inherited idea or image present in the [[unconscious]] of every individual.^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A constantly recurring [[symbol]] or [[motif]] in literature, painting or other art.^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[archetypal]]

+ * [[archetypically]]

+ * [[archetypally]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[type]]

+ * [[prototype]]

+ * [[arch-]]

+ * [[archaic]]

+ * [[stereotype]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}