English
mailgram
From mail + -gram.
Formed from mail + -gram
Proto-Germanic *malhō ‘leather bag’
Frankish *malhu ‘bag’
Old French male ‘bag, wallet’
Anglo-Norman male
Middle English male ‘bag’
English mail
Today it means
noun A telegraphic message transmitted electronically from the sender to a post office and then printed and delivered to the recipient via physical post.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / mailgram