Where does “stereoplate” come from?
stereoplate (English) comes from English stereo, 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.
stereoplate (English): A stereotype
Definitions
- A stereotype
Ancestry of “stereoplate”, step by step
stereoplate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English stereo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | stereo | A system of recording or reproducing sound that... |
| 2 | English | stereotype | A conventional, formulaic, and often... |
| 3 | French | stéréotype | A stereotype, as in conventional, formulaic, and... |
| 4 | French | type | type; sort, kind; guy, bloke, man; typeface |
| 5 | Latin | typus | figure, image; type, form, sort, kind; form,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | τύπος | A blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | τύπτω | to beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewp- | to push, to stick |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |
via English plate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | plate | A slightly curved but almost flat dish from which... |
| 2 | Old French | plate | a flat metal disk; a flat plate of armor |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | plata | silver |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | plattus | flattened; flat; smooth |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πλατύς | wide, broad; flat, level; broad-shouldered |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pléth₂us | flat, broad |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pleth₂- | flat |