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Where does “kliseinen” come from?

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

kliseinen (Finnish): clichéd, hackneyed

Definitions

  1. clichéd, hackneyed

Ancestry of “kliseinen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkliseeA cliché
2Frenchclichéstereotype; negative; snapshot
3Frenchclicherto stereotype
4GermanKlitsch—
Every word from German Klitsch →