Etymology

stereotypic

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Today it means: Of, pertaining to or characteristic of a stereotype; stereotypical. Full definition →

English stereotype ← French stéréotype ← Ecclesiastical Latin typu
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ster-
  2. Ancient Greekστερεός (stereós)
  3. Frenchstéréo-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*(s)tew-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*(s)tewp-
  6. Proto-Hellenic*túpt͏̌ō
  7. Ancient Greekτῠ́πτω (tŭ́ptō)deverb.
  8. Ancient Greekτῠ́πος (tŭ́pos)
  9. Ecclesiastical Latintypu
  10. Frenchtype
  11. Frenchstéréotype
  12. Englishstereotype
  13. English todaystereotypic

From stereotype + -ic.

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