graffito

noun

(archaeology and related fields) An informal inscription, as by a worker or vandal.

(rare) A single instance of graffiti in the art/vandalism sense.

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The word graffito breaks down into one root of Greek origin: the root graff-, from Greek graphein (“scratch, write”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.