n.
  - a first or preliminary form from which other forms are developed or copied.
 - a typical example; an archetype.
 
v.
 make a prototype of.
 
  Derivative
  
    - prototypal adj.
  - prototypic adj.
  - prototypical adj.
  - prototypically adv.
 
   
  Etymology
  C16: via Fr. or late L. from Gk prōtotupos (see proto-, type).