graffiti

• n.壁の落書き（graffitoの複数形）

PIE*gerbhから、削る、刻む、切る、語源的にはcarve, graphと同じ。 イタリアのポンペイの遺跡で発見された奇妙な彫刻に最初に使われ、後に一般化した。

graffiti

graffiti: [19] Although it denotes ‘writing’, graffiti has no etymological connection with Greek gráphein, source of English graphic. It comes from the plural of Italian graffito, a diminutive form of the noun graffio ‘scratching’. This was derived from the verb graffiare ‘scratch’, itself originally formed from graffio ‘hook’.

graffiti (n.)

1851, "ancient wall inscriptions found in the ruins of Pompeii," from Italian graffiti, plural of graffito "a scribbling," a diminutive formation from graffio "a scratch or scribble," from graffiare "to scribble," ultimately from Greek graphein "to scratch, draw, write" (see -graphy). They are found in many ancient places, but the habit was especially popular among the Romans. Sense extended 1877 to recently made crude drawings and scribbling in public places.

1. Buildings old and new are thickly covered with graffiti .

新旧の建物にはびっしりと落書きがされています。

2.There 's no vandalism，no graffiti ，no rubbish left lying about.

公共財を損なう行為はなく、落書きやどこにでも捨てられるゴミもありません。

3. Graffiti is now an art form in Nor-thampton.

落書きは現在、ノーザン?アンプトンでは芸術的な形式になっている。

4.They all bonded while writing graffiti together.

彼らは一緒に落書きをしている間に知り合いになった。

5.The subway was covered in graffiti .

通り道にはめちゃくちゃな絵や文字が塗りつぶされている。