Etymology

pigeongram

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Today it means: A message sent by carrier pigeon. Full definition →

Ancient Greek γράμμα (grámma) ← English pigeon ← Middle English pygeoun
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The story

  1. Latinpipio
  2. Old Frenchpyjon
  3. Middle Englishpygeoun
  4. Englishpigeon
  5. Ancient Greekγράμμα (grámma)
  6. English todaypigeongram

From pigeon + -gram.

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