The phrase was initially rendered as <span class="searchmatch">dont</span> <span class="searchmatch">tread</span> <span class="searchmatch">on</span> <span class="searchmatch">me</span>, without apostrophe, as <span class="searchmatch">dont</span> was then an accepted contraction of do not. In some later versions...
Wikipedia has an article <span class="searchmatch">on</span>: don't <span class="searchmatch">tread</span> <span class="searchmatch">on</span> <span class="searchmatch">me</span> Wikipedia <span class="searchmatch">dont</span> <span class="searchmatch">tread</span> <span class="searchmatch">on</span> <span class="searchmatch">me</span> Calque of Late Latin nōlī <span class="searchmatch">mē</span> tangere (literally “do not touch <span class="searchmatch">me</span>”), from John 20:17...
See also: don't and <span class="searchmatch">dönt</span> <span class="searchmatch">dont</span> Misspelling of don't. Obsolete spelling of don't. <span class="searchmatch">dont</span> <span class="searchmatch">tread</span> <span class="searchmatch">on</span> <span class="searchmatch">me</span> doned A suppletive verb. The verbal noun is from Middle...
coiled and ready to strike. Beneath the rattlesnake is the motto "<span class="searchmatch">Dont</span> <span class="searchmatch">Tread</span> <span class="searchmatch">on</span> <span class="searchmatch">Me</span>" In some later versions, due to standards for apostrophes becoming...