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Where does “cryptological” come from?

cryptological (English) comes from English cryptology, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

cryptological (English): Of or relating to cryptology

Definitions

  1. Of or relating to cryptology

Ancestry of “cryptological”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcryptologyThe science or study of mathematical, linguistic,...
2Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
3Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
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