The Hebrew word for type is טיפוס, which comes from the Ancient Greek and Latin (so does type).
A prototype – the first attempt of a product – is אב טיפוס – literally father type.
For example:
שנתיים כבר הם עובדים על אב הטיפוס.
They’ve been working on the prototype for two years already.
More than one prototype is אבות טיפוס (also אבות טיפוסים).
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