Prototype
Pronunciation : Pro"to*type
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [F., from L. prototypus original, primitive, Gr. Proto-, and Type]
Definition : Defn: An original or model after which anything is copied; the pattern of anything to be engraved, or otherwise copied, cast, or the like; a primary form; exemplar; archetype. They will turn their backs on it, like their great precursor and prototype. Burke.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913