cryp·to·gram

[krip-tuh-gram]
noun
1.
a message or writing in code or cipher; cryptograph.
2.
an occult symbol or representation.
Origin:
1875–80; crypto- + -gram1

Related forms
cryp·to·gram·mic, cryp·to·gram·mat·ic [krip-tuh-gruh-mat-ik] , cryp·to·gram·mat·i·cal, adjective
cryp·to·gram·ma·tist, noun
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Word Origin & History

cryptogram
1880, from crypto- + gram "word, letter." A modern word coined in English; though the elements are Gk., the ancient Greeks would find it barbarous.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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