Where does “šifrování” come from?
šifrování (Czech) comes from Czech šifrovat, from Czech šifra, from German Chiffre, from French chiffre, from Italian cifra, from Medieval Latin cifra, from Arabic صِفْر, from Sanskrit शून्य.
šifrování (Czech): encryption
Definitions
- encryption
Ancestry of “šifrování”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Czech | šifrovat | to encrypt, to cypher |
| 2 | Czech | šifra | cipher method for concealing the meaning of text |
| 3 | German | Chiffre | cipher; box number |
| 4 | French | chiffre | a digit i.e. 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9; a number;... |
| 5 | Italian | cifra | figure, numeral; sum; code, cipher |
| 6 | Medieval Latin | cifra | zero, numeral; numeral, cipher; zero |
| 7 | Arabic | صِفْر | zero, nothing, empty, void; nothing, cipher;... |
| 8 | Sanskrit | शून्य | zero; cipher, cypher; blank, deserted |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱówH- | — |