also type-setter, "compositor," 1800, from type (n.) in the printing sense + setter.
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type n.
late 15c., "symbol, emblem," from Latin typus "figure, image, form, kind," from Greek typos "a blow, dent, impression, mark, effect of a blow; figure in relief, image, statue; anything wrought of metal or stone; general form, character; outline, sketch," from root of typtein "to strike, beat," from PIE *tup-, variant of root *(s)teu- (1) "to push, stick, knock, beat" (see steep (adj.)).
Extended 1713 to printing blocks of metal or wood with letters or characters carved on their faces, usually in relief, adapted for use in letterpress printing. The meaning "general form or character of some kind, class" is attested in English by 1843, though the corresponding words had that sense in Latin and Greek. To be (someone's) type "be the sort of person that person is attracted to" is recorded from 1934.
setter n.
"one who or that which sets (something)," c. 1400, "workman who lays stone, brick, etc.," agent noun from set (v.). As the name of an implement or object from 1520s. As a type of hunting-dog (originally a type of spaniel), 1570s, so called for the dog's habit of of sitting or crouching when it scents game.