typification

English

Etymology

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English type

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.

Proto-Italic *θakos

Proto-Italic *-fakos

Latin -ficus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin -ficō

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin -ficātiō

Old French -ificationbor.

Middle English -ificacioun

English -ification

English typification

From type + -ification.

Noun

typification (countable and uncountable, plural typifications)

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of typifying.

   Synonyms: exemplification, exemplifying

2. (countable) Something which typifies: which serves as a type.

   Hyponym: type species

   Near-synonym: exemplar

Derived terms

• ecotypification
• genotypification
• neotypification
• retypification
• subtypification

Related terms

• typing