Where does “klisee” come from?

klisee (Finnish) comes from French cliché, from French clicher, from German Klitsch.

klisee (Finnish): A cliché

Definitions

  1. A cliché

Ancestry of “klisee”, step by step

klisee traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French cliché

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

via Swedish klisché

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishklisché—

Words derived from “klisee”

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