Thank, falage, i was at home when i posted, the board was so slow, but my connection was worse, and AOL dropped me -sevice disconnect..

yes, gram* is a IE root, and the metric gram is a new use of an old word...

if i get a chance, i pop over to bartelby's, and get some info on the IE root.. like gen-- which pops up in gender, gentile, and a host of other words, gram looks like an interesting root.