Where does “klişe” come from?

klişe (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish قلیشه, from French cliché, from French clicher, from German Klitsch.

klişe (Turkish): cliché

Definitions

  1. cliché

Ancestry of “klişe”, step by step

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