prototype的词源

英文词源

prototype (n.)

c. 1600, from French prototype (16c.) and directly from Medieval Latin prototypus "original, primitive," from Greek prototypon "a first or primitive form," noun use of neuter singular of prototypos "original, primitive," from protos "first" (see proto-) + typos "impression, mold, pattern" (see type (n.)). In English from 1590s as prototypon.

中文词源

prototype：原型 

词根词缀： -proto-第一,原始,前 + type典型,模范,模样

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：prototype 词源，prototype 含义。

prototype：原始形态，雏形

proto-,原始的，最早的，type,种类。