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Where does “ĉifri” come from?

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

ĉifri (Esperanto): to encrypt

Definitions

  1. to encrypt

Ancestry of “ĉifri”, step by step

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

Words derived from “ĉifri”

  • malĉifri
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