Where does “graffitiless” come from?
graffitiless (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...
graffitiless (English): Without graffiti
Ancestry of “graffitiless”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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... |