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-gram
CIDE DICTIONARY
-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. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
-gram, comb. form forming nouns denoting a thing written or recorded (often in a certain way) (anagram; epigram; monogram; telegram).
Derivative
-grammatic comb. form forming adjectives.
Etymology
from or after Gk gramma -atos thing written, letter of the alphabet, f. grapho write
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