Printing Cliches 10 years ago
Nor had I!
The combining form “stereo-” that
shows up in such words as “stereotype”
and “stereophonic” is derived from
stereos, a classical Greek word meaning
solid.
A plate relief printing plate cast in a
mold made from composed type or an
original plate.
But now, both stereo and stereotype, their meanings so profoundly mutated well beyond their liteteral origins.
Stereo now pretty much means "2 of something" and stereotype has turned into a word carrying negative connotations of mostly bigotry or prejudice.