Etymology

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Today it means: A plan, drawing, sketch or outline to show the function or operation of something, or to show the relationships between the parts of a whole. Full definition →

French diagramme ← Italian diagramma ← Ancient Greek διάγραμμα (diágramma)
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  3. Proto-Indo-European*dwís
  4. Ancient Greekδιά (diá)
  5. Ancient Greekδῐᾰ- (dĭă-)
  6. Proto-Indo-European*gerbʰ-
  7. Proto-Hellenic*grə́pʰō
  8. Ancient Greekγρᾰ́φω (grắphō)
  9. Ancient Greekγρᾰ́μμᾰ (grắmmă)
  10. Ancient Greekδιάγραμμα (diágramma)
  11. Italiandiagramma
  12. Frenchdiagramme
  13. English todaydiagram

From French diagramme, from Italian diagramma, from Ancient Greek διάγραμμα (diágramma).

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