Etymology

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Today it means: An SI unit of mass equal to 10⁹ grams. Symbol: Gg Full definition →

English gram ← Ancient Greek γίγας (gígas)
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  1. Ancient GreekΓίγας (Gígas)
  2. Ancient Greekγίγας (gígas)
  3. Englishgiga-
  4. Englishgram
  5. English todaygigagram

From giga- + gram.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.