Etymology

shoefiti

shoe·fi·ti
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Today it means: A pair of laced shoes thrown across raised cables or trees. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Germanic*skōhaz
  2. Proto-West Germanic*skōh
  3. Old Englishsċōh
  4. Middle Englishscho
  5. Englishshoe
  6. Proto-Indo-European*gerbʰ-
  7. Proto-Hellenic*grə́pʰō
  8. Ancient Greekγρᾰ́φω (grắphō)
  9. Italiangraffire
  10. Italiangraffito
  11. Italiangraffiti
  12. Englishgraffiti
  13. English todayshoefiti

Blend of shoe + graffiti.

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