Where does “clichéd” come from?

clichéd (English) comes from English cliché, from French cliché, from French clicher, from German Klitsch.

clichéd (English): Repeated so often that it has become stale or...

Definitions

  1. Repeated so often that it has become stale or...

Ancestry of “clichéd”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishclichéSomething, most often a phrase or expression,...
2Frenchclichéstereotype; negative; snapshot
3Frenchclicherto stereotype
4GermanKlitsch—

Words derived from “clichéd”

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