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Typical comes from Late Latin typicalis, from Latin typicus ‘typical’, ultimately from Greek τύπος ‘mark, impression, type’, from τύπτω ‘to beat’.

1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEτύπτω¹‘to poke, beat’
2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEτύπος²túpos‘mark, impression’
3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtypicus²‘figurative, typical’
4. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEtypicalis²
5. Englishearliest quotation 1989typical²

1. ¹ Wiktionary, Ancient Greek τύπος
2. ² Wiktionary, English typical
3. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1989, 1989 February 4, Spring Festival: “Also perpetual is the practice of extending greetings and…”.