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hyparchetype

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /haɪpˈɑːkɪtaɪp/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /hɪpˈɑːkɪtaɪp/
  • General-American: /haɪpˈɑɹkɪtaɪp/
  • General-American: /hɪpˈɑɹkɪtaɪp/

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noun

Meaning 1

A manuscript from which a family of texts is derived by copying; an intermediary node between the archetype (protograph) and a set of surviving manuscripts in a stemma codicum.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences, textual-criticism

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History

Etymology

From hyp- + archetype.