According to the OED, it's from the French "diagramme" and Latin
"diagramma". However, -mme is not given as an alternative spelling and only
one of the many illustrative quotes (from 1662) uses the -mme form.
Peter Higginbotham
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> Does anyone know if 'diagram' was originally spelt 'diagramme'?
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> If so why was the 'me' dropped from it, but not (in the UK) from
> programme.
>
> David
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