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Where does “clicher” come from?

clicher (Middle French) comes from Old French cliquer — to click, clack, sound, resound.

Ancestry of “clicher”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchcliquerto click, clack, sound, resound

Words derived from “clicher”

  • cliche
  • cliché
  • clichéd
  • cliché-ridden
  • clichély
  • clichédly
  • unclichéd
  • cliché
  • cliché
  • клише
  • cliche
  • clicher
  • cliché
  • Klischee
  • clixé
  • kliŝo
  • kliŝaĵo
  • clichématig
  • cliché
  • kliché
  • cliché
  • kliše
  • клише
  • klišé
Every word from Old French cliquer →