copy
A copy (expl.) (From Latin : exemplum , “model”, “ sample ”, “copy”, “copy”) is a single piece or individual from a set of similar things, copies (also incorporeal) or living beings. Common abbreviations for individual books and the like are Ex. Or Expl. Accordingly means exemplary example , exemplary.
Exemplar as a 'single piece from a multitude of similar things' is derived from the Middle High German exemplār for 'prototype, pattern' and still found this meaning in the 17th century. It has also been used in today's sense since the 16th century. In the beginning, it was used to describe a 'single copy of a book', which is made clear by the Latin example for 'copy, copy, sample, model'. Adelung's grammatical-critical dictionary of High German dialect was defined as follows: “For book printers , copy means the original of a script, that which serves as a model for the typesetter when setting a book or script, for booksellers, however, copy is a piece of the whole Edition , book or writing viewed as an individual ”.
Exemplar is a further development of the Latin exemplum , for which the adjective exemplary from Latin exemplāris stands for 'exemplary, exemplary' and was used in 'giving a warning example', which in the 17th century stood for exemplary punishment . This is also made clear by the usage since the 17th century and initially a legal phrase setting an example for 'giving a deterrent example'. The verb exemplify for 'make clear through examples' is used in the 16th century and is synonymous with the Middle Latin exemplificare .
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- ↑ Copy from duden.de, accessed on September 12, 2011.
- ↑ Johann Christoph Adelung : Grammatical-critical dictionary of the High German dialect. Volume 1. Leipzig 1793, p. 1986, online at zeno.org .
- ↑ Wolfgang Pfeifer: Etymological Dictionary of German. Berlin 1993, ISBN 3-05-000626-9 . Paperback edition: Unabridged, revised edition, 7th edition. dtv, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-423-32511-9 , online at DWDS .