Etymology

antigraffiti

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Today it means: Opposing or proscribing graffiti Full definition →

English graffiti ← Italian graffiti ← Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō)
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The story

  1. Englishanti-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*gerbʰ-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*grə́pʰō
  4. Ancient Greekγρᾰ́φω (grắphō)
  5. Italiangraffire
  6. Italiangraffito
  7. Italiangraffiti
  8. Englishgraffiti
  9. English todayantigraffiti

From anti- + graffiti.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.