Where does “cliché” come from?

cliché (Dutch) comes from French cliché, from French clicher, from German Klitsch.

cliché (Dutch): A cliché; An unoriginal work; A printing plate, a...

Definitions

  1. A cliché; An unoriginal work; A printing plate, a...

Ancestry of “cliché”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchclichéstereotype; negative; snapshot
2Frenchclicherto stereotype
3GermanKlitsch—

Words derived from “cliché”

Every word from German Klitsch →Every word from French clicher →Every word from French cliché →
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