ectypal

ectypal

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English ectype
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisbor.
Old French -albor.
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Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.
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Latin -ālisbor.
Middle English -al
English -al
English ectypal

    From ectype + -al.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ɛkˈtaɪpəl/

    Adjective

    ectypal

    1. Copied, as contrasted with an archetypal original.
    2. (philosophy) Corresponding to external reality.
      • 1713, George Berkeley, Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous:
        What would you have! do I not acknowledge a twofold state of things, the one ectypal or natural, the other archetypal and eternal? The former was created in time; the latter existed from everlasting in the mind of God.
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