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).