Hello All

[Archetype]

:wave: Hello All

[Schokokeks]

hi there! :wave:

interesting screen name! ;) I wonder whether that English word comes from the Greek αρχή (=origin) ? Does it mean something like "prototype" or such? :)

Anyway :D hope you'll like this place!

[Koa]

I really suppose it come from Greek and yes it should have a similar meaning to prototype...cos in Italian we have exactly that same word (well, almost) which has a clear Greek origin as many other words.


1 An original model or type after which other similar things are patterned; a prototype: “‘Frankenstein’... ‘Dracula’... ‘Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde’... the archetypes that have influenced all subsequent horror stories” (New York Times).
2 An ideal example of a type; quintessence: an archetype of the successful entrepreneur.
3 In Jungian psychology, an inherited pattern of thought or symbolic imagery derived from the past collective experience and present in the individual unconscious.

Oh and btw hi Archetype and Schokokeks too, I dont think we've met before, if not 10 minutes ago in the German Lit. thread :) Welcome to both of you!

[Nightshade]

hello :D
:wave:

[avid_reader]

hello :):):)

[Schokokeks]

hi Koa,

thank you for your welcome!

very nice of you to clarify that word-meaning for me :D
Mabye Archetype's inclined to explain how one comes across it as a screen name...?! ;)

[avid_reader]

what about shokokeks ?
what does it mean ?

[Koa]

chocolate cookies?
that's my guess :)

[avid_reader]

should i read it as
'choco' + 'cakes' ?
cool. whoever said what's in a name ?

[Schokokeks]

yepp, it's chocolate cookie! :D

your German's actually better than you want to admit, eh Koa?!? :p

hehe, I never thought of reading it as "choco-cakes", that's a nice hint, thanx avid-reader! ;) I actually adore both chocolate cookies and chocolate cakes very much :D

[mono]

3 In Jungian psychology, an inherited pattern of thought or symbolic imagery derived from the past collective experience and present in the individual unconscious.
This definition seems what I first thought of, yet I honestly wonder if Archetype (the new forum member) just thought it an aesthetic word (as I do). :lol:
Welcome to the forum, Archetype. I hope you enjoy the silliness around here. ;)

[Koa]

i didnt know about the jungan thing, well of course i barely understand all that being my knowledge so limited...
but i did have the Italian 'archetipo' in mind...
find an english very high word, it will almost always be the same as in italian one... power of latin/greek based words...:D