monogram的词源

英文词源

monogram (n.): "two or more letters intertwined," 1690s, from French monogramme or directly from Late Latin monogramma (5c.), from Late Greek monogrammon "a character formed of several letters in one design," especially in reference to the signature of the Byzantine emperors, noun use of neuter of monogrammos (adj.) "consisting of a single letter," literally "drawn with single lines," from Greek monos "single, alone" (see mono-) + gramma "letter, line, that which is drawn or written" (see -gram). Earlier it meant "sketch or picture drawn in lines only, without shading or color," a sense also found in Latin and probably in Greek. Related: Monogrammatic.
monogram (v.): 1868, from monogram (n.). Related: Monogrammed; monogramming.

mono-,单个的，-gram,写，字母，词源同telegram.把几个字母组合成一个字母的图案，如LV.

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