Where does “stereotype” come from?
Stereotype comes from French stéréotype, combining French stéréo- with Latin typus, from Ancient Greek τύπος meaning an impression or mark made by striking, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European (s)tew-.
stereotype (English): A conventional, formulaic, and often...
Definitions
- A conventional, formulaic, and often...
Ancestry of “stereotype”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | stéréotype | A stereotype, as in conventional, formulaic, and... |
| 2 | French | type | type; sort, kind; guy, bloke, man; typeface |
| 3 | Latin | typus | figure, image; type, form, sort, kind; form,... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | τύπος | A blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | τύπτω | to beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewp- | to push, to stick |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |
Words derived from “stereotype”
- stereo
- stereotypical
- stereotypically
- stereotypic
- stereoscope
- stereographic
- stereophonic
- stereopsis
- stereogram
- stereological
- stereograph
- stereogenic
- stereology
- nonstereotypical
- stereoregularity
- counterstereotypical
- stereophotogrammetry
- stereotyper
- stereophony
- stereolithographic
- stereography
- stereocontrol
- stereopair
- stereoinduction