Where does “datagram” come from?

Datagram is a modern English coinage blending data from Latin data, the plural of datum meaning "something given," with gram from Ancient Greek γράμμα meaning "letter" or "written character."

datagram (English): A packet of data passed across a network

Definitions

  1. A packet of data passed across a network

Ancestry of “datagram”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishdataplural of datum; Information, especially in a...
2Latindatumgift, present; accusative supine of dō;...
3Latindatusgiven; offered; yielded
4Latindāre
5Proto-Italicdidōgive
6Proto-Indo-Europeandédeh₃tito be giving
7Proto-Indo-Europeandeh₃-to give

Words derived from “datagram

Every word from Proto-Indo-European deh₃-