Etymology

skeuomorphism

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Today it means: The incorporation of obsolete or skeuomorphic elements into a design, for familiarity or out of tradition, even though they no longer serve any functional purpose. Full definition →

Ancient Greek σκεῦος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromσκεῦος“implement”
  2. English todayskeuomorphism

From Ancient Greek σκεῦος (skeûos, “implement”) + -morphism, or skeuomorph + -ism.

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