Where does “ĉifrado” come from?

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

ĉifrado (Esperanto): the process of encryption

Definitions

  1. the process of encryption

Ancestry of “ĉifrado”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoĉifrito encrypt
2FrenchchiffrerTo number; To add up; To cipher, to encrypt
3Frenchchiffrea digit i.e. 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9; a number;...
4Italiancifrafigure, numeral; sum; code, cipher
5Medieval Latincifrazero, numeral; numeral, cipher; zero
6Arabicصِفْرzero, nothing, empty, void; nothing, cipher;...
7Sanskritशून्यzero; cipher, cypher; blank, deserted
8Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱówH-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱówH-