Etymology

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Today it means: Something written, drawn or otherwise recorded. Full definition →

Ancient Greek γράμμα
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  2. Ancient Greek · learned borrowing fromγράμμα
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From γράμμα (grámma, “written character, letter, that which is drawn”), from γράφω (gráphō, “to scratch, to scrape, to graze”).

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