We have the Georgian გრე (gre) - "notch" that obviously relates to ღრამი (grami) - also a "notch". I hope the legitimate alternation of გ and ღ doesn't scare anyone anymore.
Why ღრამი is a derivative of გრე, is also clear to those who know about the Megrelian suffix "-am".
We are told that "gram" is a Greek word meaning "small weight". How will we now equate "weight" with "notch"?
We'll do it with the help of this scale for bulk products measuring with a counterweight and a moving point of support, in which notches on the shoulder indicate the weight. That is, "five grams" - "five notches" - denote, conventionally speaking, a weight of five grams.
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