Etymograph

English

gram

Gram comes from Ancient Greek γράμμα ‘a small weight, a scruple’.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEγράμμαgrámma‘a small weight, a scruple’
  2. Frenchc. 1600–presentgramme
  3. Englishtodaygram

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEγράμμαgrámma‘a small weight, a scruple’
  2. Frenchc. 1600–presentgramme
  3. Englishtodaygram

Linked words

through Ancient Greek γράμμα ‘a small weight, a scruple’

grimoire, 16 more

Another origin of gram

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵr̥h₂nóm‘grain’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*grānom‘grain’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgrānum‘grain, seed, small kernel’
  4. Portuguesec. 1500–presentgram
  5. Englishtodaygram

Today it means

noun A unit of mass equal to one-thousandth of a kilogram. Symbol: g.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Ancient Greek γράμμα / gram

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