Where does “شِفْر” come from?

شِفْر (Arabic) comes from French chiffre, from Italian cifra, from Medieval Latin cifra, from Arabic صِفْر, from Sanskrit शून्य, from Proto-Indo-European ḱówH-.

شِفْر (Arabic): cipher

Definitions

cipher

Ancestry of “شِفْر”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	French	chiffre	a digit i.e. 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9; a number;...
2	Italian	cifra	figure, numeral; sum; code, cipher
3	Medieval Latin	cifra	zero, numeral; numeral, cipher; zero
4	Arabic	صِفْر	zero, nothing, empty, void; nothing, cipher;...
5	Sanskrit	शून्य	zero; cipher, cypher; blank, deserted
6	Proto-Indo-European	ḱówH-	—

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