Editing Archetype (section)

==Etymology==
The word ''archetype'', "original pattern from which copies are made," first entered into English usage in the 1540s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=archetype&searchmode=none|title=Online Etymology Dictionary - Archetype|author=Douglas Harper}}</ref> It derives from the [[Latin]] [[noun]] {{lang|la|archetypum}}, [[Latinisation of Greek|latinization]] of the [[Greek language|Greek]] noun {{lang|grc|ἀρχέτυπον}} ({{lang|grc-latn|archétypon}}), whose [[adjective]] form is {{lang|grc|ἀρχέτυπος}} ({{lang|grc-latn|archétypos}}), which means "first-molded",<ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Da%29rxe%2Ftupos {{lang|grc|ἀρχέτυπος}}], Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, ''A Greek-English Lexicon'', on Perseus</ref> which is a compound of {{lang|grc|ἀρχή}} {{lang|grc-latn|archḗ}}, "beginning, origin",<ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Da%29rxh%2F ἀρχή], Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, ''A Greek-English Lexicon'', on Perseus</ref> and {{lang|grc|τύπος}} {{lang|grc-latn|týpos}}, which can mean, among other things, "pattern", "model", or "type".<ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Dtu%2Fpos τύπος], Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, ''A Greek-English Lexicon'', on Perseus</ref> It, thus, referred to the beginning or origin of the pattern, model or type.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=English Studies: New Perspectives|last1=Celikel|first1=Mehmet|last2=Taniyan|first2=Baysar|publisher=Cambridge Scholars Publishing|year=2015|isbn=978-1443877275|location=Newcastle upon Tyne, UK|pages=13}}</ref>