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wat does the gram in the telegram stands for?

The suffix, -gram, is from a latin root that means “written”. A telegraph[ is the thing that does the writing, and a telegram is the written result.

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-gram noun. combining form. [Latin -gramma from Greek gramma]
drawing : writing : record

M-W 1980

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