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-gram

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a combining form occurring in loanwords from Greek, where it meant “something written,” “drawing” (epigram; diagram); on this model, used in the formation of compound words (oscillogram).

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Origin:
< Greek -gramma, combining form of grámma something written or drawn; akin to carve

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-gram is always a great word to know.

So is callithumpian. Does it mean:

a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.

a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.

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a combining form of gram¹: kilogram.

a combining form extracted from telegram, used in the formation of compound words that have the general sense “message, bulletin”: culturegram; electiongram; prophecy-gram.

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-gram

—*n combining form*
	indicating a drawing or something written or recorded: hexagram; telegram

[from Latin -gramma, from Greek, from gramma letter and grammē line]

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Word Origin & History

-gram

suffix from telegram (1857), first abstracted 1979 (in Gorillagram, a proprietary name in U.S.), and put to wide use in forming new words, such as stripagram (1981). The construction violates Gk. grammar, as an adv. could not properly form part of a compound noun.

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-gram suff.
Something written or drawn; a record: cardiogram.

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