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Where does “nonstereotypical” come from?

nonstereotypical (English) comes from English stereotypical, from English stereotype, from French stéréotype, from French type, from Latin typus, from Ancient Greek τύπος, from Ancient Greek τύπτω, from Proto-Indo-European (s)tewp- — to push, to hit.

nonstereotypical (English): Not stereotypical

Definitions

  1. Not stereotypical

Ancestry of “nonstereotypical”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishstereotypicalPertaining to a stereotype; conventional; Banal,...
2EnglishstereotypeA conventional, formulaic, and often...
3FrenchstéréotypeA stereotype, as in conventional, formulaic, and...
4Frenchtypetype; sort, kind; guy, bloke, man; typeface
5Latintypusfigure, image; type, form, sort, kind; form,...
6Ancient GreekτύποςA blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,...
7Ancient Greekτύπτωto beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself
8Proto-Indo-European(s)tewp-to push, to stick
9Proto-Indo-European(s)tew-to push, to hit
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