Where does “Klischee” come from?

Klischee (German) comes from French cliché, from French clicher, from German Klitsch.

Klischee (German): cliché; printing plate

Definitions

  1. cliché; printing plate

Ancestry of “Klischee”, step by step

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

Words derived from “Klischee”

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