Where does “criptografar” come from?

criptografar (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese grafar, from Portuguese -ar, from Old Portuguese -ar, from Latin -are, from Latin -o, from Proto-Italic -ōd, from Proto-Indo-European -éad.

criptografar (Portuguese): to encode, to encrypt to convert plaintext into code

Definitions

to encode, to encrypt to convert plaintext into code

Ancestry of “criptografar”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Portuguese	grafar	to write (a word of character)
2	Portuguese	-ar	forms the impersonal infinitive of...
3	Old Portuguese	-ar	—
4	Latin	-are	present active infinitive of -ō; -āre;...
5	Latin	-o	forms masculine agent nouns, positive and...
6	Proto-Italic	-ōd	—
7	Proto-Indo-European	-éad	—

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éad →Every word from Portuguese -ar →Every word from Latin -o →