monogram

monogram · noun¹

1. French · derived frommonogramme
2. English todaymonogram

From French monogramme, from the Classical Latin adjective monogrammus, from the conjectured Ancient Greek * μονόγραμμος (monógrammos, “outlined”, “drawn with single lines”).

monogram · noun²

Formed as mono- + -gram, by analogy with epigram.

monogram · noun, verb³

1. Medieval Greek · derived fromμονόγραμμον
2. Latin · derived frommonogrammum
3. English todaymonogram

The noun derives from the post-Classical Latin monogrammum, itself from the Medieval Greek μονόγραμμον (monógrammon); compare the French and Middle French monogramme, as well as the Italian monogramma. The verb derives from the noun; compare the earlier adjective monogrammed and the slightly earlier noun monogramming.