-type
1.
a suffix representing
type,
(
prototype
), especially in names of photographic processes:
ferrotype.
Compare
typo-
.
British Dictionary definitions for
-type
-type
noun, combining form
1.
type or form:
archetype
2.
printing type or photographic process:
collotype
Word Origin
from Latin
-typus,
from Greek
-typos,
from
tupos
type