Where does “giraffiti” come from?
giraffiti (English) comes from English graffiti, from Italian graffiti, from Spanish graffito, from Italian graffio, from Lombardic *krapfo, from Proto-West Germanic krappō, from Proto-Indo-European grep-, from Proto-Indo-European gremb- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
giraffiti (English): Graffiti on a high structure (on a heaven spot)
Definitions
- Graffiti on a high structure (on a heaven spot)
Ancestry of “giraffiti”, step by step
giraffiti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English graffiti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | graffiti | Drawings or words drawn on a surface in a public... |
| 2 | Italian | graffiti | plural of graffito |
| 3 | Spanish | graffito | — |
| 4 | Italian | graffio | scratch; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 5 | Lombardic | *krapfo | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | krappō | a hook |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | grep- | hook; a hook, force |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gremb- | crooked, uneven |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |