a Scratch...
...from BCE to TAKI 183 in the 1960's: https://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/11/17/the-history-of-graffiti-from-ancient-times-to-modern-days/ Is it art? A brief overview: https://www.wonderopolis.org/wonder/how-old-is-graffiti/ A quick History and Kid friendly video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVOldfcU5F4 |
n.pl '1851, ancient drawings or writings scratched on walls, as those of Pompeii and Rome; borrowing of Italian graffiti, plural of graffito- a scribbling, ultimately from Greek graphein- draw, write. The transferred meaning, applied to recently made crude drawings or scribblings, is first recorded in English in 1877.'
-Barnhart, Robert K. The Barnhart Concise Dictionary of Etymology: The origins of American English Words. H. W. Wilson Company, 1995. |