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Where does “nonogram” come from?

nonogram (English) comes from English diagram, from French diagramme, from Italian diagramma, from Ancient Greek διάγραμμα, from Ancient Greek δῐᾰ-, from Ancient Greek διά, from Proto-Indo-European dwís, from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ — two.

nonogram (English): A puzzle in which cells of a grid must be filled...

Definitions

  1. A puzzle in which cells of a grid must be filled...

Ancestry of “nonogram”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdiagramA plan, drawing, sketch or outline to show how...
2Frenchdiagrammediagram
3Italiandiagrammadiagram; chart; graph
4Ancient GreekδιάγραμμαThat which is marked out in lines, plan, diagram
5Ancient Greekδῐᾰ-apart; through, across; through; in different...
6Ancient Greekδιάthroughout
7Proto-Indo-Europeandwístwice, doubly; in two
8Proto-Indo-Europeandwóh₁two
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