Etymograph

English

graphogram

From grapho- + -gram.

Formed from grapho- + -gram

Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- ‘to carve’

Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō ‘to scratch, cut or carve into’

Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω ‘to scratch, cut into’

English grapho-

Today it means

noun A wax cylinder on which a message is recorded.

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Etymograph / graphogram