| 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). |
| a combining form extracted from telegram, used in the formation of compound words that have the general sense “message, bulletin”: culturegram; electiongram; prophecy-gram. |
| -gram suff.
[Greek -gramma, from gramma, letter; see gerbh- in Indo-European roots. Sense 2, from telegram.] |
-gram suff.
Something written or drawn; a record: cardiogram.
