Etymology

dendrogram

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Today it means: A treelike diagram used to show the ancestors and descendants of species. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dóruredup.
  2. Proto-Indo-European*der-drew-om?
  3. Ancient Greekδένδρον (déndron)
  4. Englishdendr-
  5. Englishdendro-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*gerbʰ-
  7. Proto-Hellenic*grə́pʰō
  8. Ancient Greekγρᾰ́φω (grắphō)
  9. Ancient Greekγράμμα (grámma)
  10. English todaydendrogram

From dendro- + -gram.

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