## Meanings
1. A group of people or things that share certain features; a kind or sort.
2. To write something using a keyboard.
3. Printed or typed letters and characters.

## Examples
- What type of music do you like?
- Please type the letter and print two copies.
- Small type is hard to read in dim light.

## Synonyms
- sort

## Derived Forms
- aftertype
- allotype
- antitype
- archetype
- chronotype
- cotype
- delegate-type
- epitype
- find-as-you-type
- foretype
- genotype
- gun-type

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *(s)tewp-
- Root: type
- Root: typus
- Root: τύπος

## Etymology
From Middle English type (“symbol, figure, emblem”), from Latin typus, from Ancient Greek τύπος (túpos, “mark, impression, type”), from τύπτω (túptō, “to strike, beat”).

## AI Etymology
Type is from Middle English type (“symbol, figure, emblem”), from Latin typus, from Ancient Greek τύπος (túpos, “mark, impression, type”), from τύπτω (túptō, “to strike, beat”). The historical line also includes Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewp-, Middle English type, Latin typus, Ancient Greek τύπος. In present-day use, it can mean a group of people or things that share certain features; a kind or sort, or to write something using a keyboard. Derived formations include aftertype, allotype, antitype, archetype, chronotype, cotype, delegate-type, epitype.

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