typo-
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin typo-, from Ancient Greek τύπος (túpos).[1]
Prefix
typo-
- Forming terms relating to typing or typography.
- typo- + -sphere → typosphere (“the community of typewriter enthusiasts”)
- typo- + -meter → typometer (“a ruler used to measure typography”)
- Forming terms relating to types (in various senses).
- typo- + -logy → typology
- typo- + -nym → typonym
- typo- + chronology → typochronology
Derived terms
References
- ^ “typo-, comb. form”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Ancient Greek τύπος (túpos).
Prefix
typo-
References
- “typo-” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.