Where does “stéréotype” come from?

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

stéréotype (French): A stereotype, as in conventional, formulaic, and...

Definitions

  1. A stereotype, as in conventional, formulaic, and...

Ancestry of “stéréotype”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtypetype; sort, kind; guy, bloke, man; typeface
2Latintypusfigure, image; type, form, sort, kind; form,...
3Ancient GreekτύποςA blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,...
4Ancient Greekτύπτωto beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself
5Proto-Indo-European(s)tewp-to push, to stick
6Proto-Indo-European(s)tew-to push, to hit

Words derived from “stéréotype

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)tew-Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)tewp-Every word from Ancient Greek τύπτω