Where does “cifra” come from?

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

cifra (Italian): figure, numeral; sum; code, cipher

Definitions

  1. figure, numeral; sum; code, cipher

Ancestry of “cifra”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latincifrazero, numeral; numeral, cipher; zero
2Arabicصِفْرzero, nothing, empty, void; nothing, cipher;...
3Sanskritशून्यzero; cipher, cypher; blank, deserted
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱówH-—

Words derived from “cifra”

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