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-gram

1 
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).
Compare -graph.

Origin:
< Gk -gramma, comb. form of grámma something written or drawn; akin to carve
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Spanish: gramo, German: das Gramm, Japanese: グラム
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-gram

2 
a combining form of gram 1 : kilogram.
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-gram

3 
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  
suff.  
  1. Something written or drawn; a record: cardiogram.
  2. A direct mail solicitation or personally delivered message or gift: candygram.


[Greek -gramma, from gramma, letter; see gerbh- in Indo-European roots. Sense 2, from telegram.]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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-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.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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-gram

-gram\ [Gr. ? a thing drawn or written, a letter, fr. gra`fein to draw, write. See Graphic.] A suffix indicating something drawn or written, a drawing, writing; -- as, monogram, telegram, chronogram.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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