Where does “szyfrowanie” come from?

szyfrowanie (Polish) comes from Polish szyfrować, from Polish szyfr, from Russian шифровка, from Russian шифровать, from Russian шифр, from French chiffre, from Italian cifra, from Medieval Latin cifra.

szyfrowanie (Polish): encryption

Definitions

  1. encryption

Ancestry of “szyfrowanie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishszyfrowaćto encrypt
2Polishszyfrcipher
3Russianшифровкаenciphering, encryption
4Russianшифроватьto encrypt, to encode
5Russianшифрcipher, code
6Frenchchiffrea digit i.e. 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9; a number;...
7Italiancifrafigure, numeral; sum; code, cipher
8Medieval Latincifrazero, numeral; numeral, cipher; zero
9Arabicصِفْرzero, nothing, empty, void; nothing, cipher;...
10Sanskritशून्यzero; cipher, cypher; blank, deserted
11Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱówH-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱówH-Every word from Sanskrit शून्यEvery word from Arabic صِفْر