Where does “cifrare” come from?
cifrare (Romanian) comes from Romanian cifră, from French chiffrer, from French chiffre, from Italian cifra, from Medieval Latin cifra, from Arabic صِفْر, from Sanskrit शून्य, from Proto-Indo-European ḱówH-.
cifrare (Romanian): encryption
Definitions
- encryption
Ancestry of “cifrare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | cifră | digit; numeral, figure |
| 2 | French | chiffrer | To number; To add up; To cipher, to encrypt |
| 3 | French | chiffre | a digit i.e. 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9; a number;... |
| 4 | Italian | cifra | figure, numeral; sum; code, cipher |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | cifra | zero, numeral; numeral, cipher; zero |
| 6 | Arabic | صِفْر | zero, nothing, empty, void; nothing, cipher;... |
| 7 | Sanskrit | शून्य | zero; cipher, cypher; blank, deserted |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱówH- | — |