Archetypes Revisited
Ar′che-type (är′kē̍-tīp), noun [L. archetypum, Gr. ἀρχέτυπον, fr. ἀρχέτυποσ — stamped first and as model ; ἀρχε = ἀρχι + τύποσ stamp, figure, pattern, τύπτειν to strike: cf. F. archétype. See Arch-, pref.]
- The original pattern or model of a work; or the model from which a thing is made or formed.
- (Coinage) The standard weight or coin by which others