typological
|ty-po-log-i-cal|
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/ˌtaɪpəˈlɑdʒɪkəl/
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/ˌtaɪpəˈlɒdʒɪkəl/
relating to types/classification
Etymology
'typological' originates from Modern English, formed from the noun 'typology' + the adjectival suffix '-ical', where 'typology' ultimately derives from Greek 'typos' meaning 'type' and Greek 'logia' (from 'logos') meaning 'study' or 'account'.
'typological' changed from the noun 'typology' (borrowed into English via Modern Latin/French 'typologia'/'typologie' in the 18th–19th centuries), which itself comes from Greek 'typos' → Late Latin 'typus' → French 'typologie', and then English 'typology' produced the adjective form 'typological'.
Initially it denoted 'pertaining to types or the study/classification of types', and over time it has retained that core meaning of 'relating to classification by type' in contemporary usage.
Meanings by Part of Speech
Adjective 1
relating to typology or the classification of things into types; concerned with the systematic comparison and classification of types (especially in linguistics, anthropology, archaeology, and related fields).
The study presented a typological comparison of word order across several unrelated languages.
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Last updated: 2025/11/26 03:30