Etymograph

English

spirogram

From spiro- + -gram.

Formed from spiro + gram

Proto-Indo-European *sper- ‘to twist, turn’

Proto-Indo-European *sper-yeh₂-

Ancient Greek σπεῖρα ‘wreath, coil, twist’

Latin spīra ‘coil, twist’

English spiro

Ancient Greek γράμμα ‘a small weight, a scruple’

French gramme

English gram

Today it means

noun A graph of respiratory movement

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “spirogram”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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