Etymology

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English telegram ← Ancient Greek γράμμα (grámma) ← Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*énu
  2. Latinin-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*sth₂éh₁yeti
  5. Proto-Italic*staējō
  6. Proto-Italic*staēō
  7. Latinstō
  8. Latinīnstō
  9. Latinīnstāns
  10. Old Frenchinstant
  11. Middle Englishinstant
  12. Latinīnstān
  13. Frenchinstant
  14. Englishinstant
  15. Proto-Indo-European*kh₂em-
  16. Proto-Indo-Iranian*kmárati
  17. Proto-Iranian*kamarā
  18. Ancient Greekκαμάρα (kamára)
  19. Latincamera
  20. Englishcamera
  21. Englishinstant cameraellip.
  22. Englishinstant
  23. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-
  24. Ancient Greekτῆλε (têle)
  25. Englishtele-
  26. Proto-Indo-European*gerbʰ-
  27. Proto-Hellenic*grə́pʰō
  28. Ancient Greekγρᾰ́φω (grắphō)
  29. Ancient Greekγράμμα (grámma)
  30. Englishtelegram
  31. English todayInstagram

Trade name. Blend of instant + telegram. By surface analysis, insta- + -gram.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.