Etymology

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Today it means: A packet of data passed across a network. Full definition →

Ancient Greek γράμμα (grámma) ← Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō ← Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*deh₃-redup.
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dédeh₃ti
  3. Proto-Italic*didō
  4. Latindō
  5. Latindatus
  6. Latindatum
  7. Englishdata
  8. Proto-Indo-European*gerbʰ-
  9. Proto-Hellenic*grə́pʰō
  10. Ancient Greekγρᾰ́φω (grắphō)
  11. Ancient Greekγράμμα (grámma)
  12. English todaydatagram

From data + -gram.

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