Where does “зашифрова́ть” come from?
зашифрова́ть (Russian) comes from Russian шифровать, from Russian шифр, from French chiffre, from Italian cifra, from Medieval Latin cifra, from Arabic صِفْر, from Sanskrit शून्य, from Proto-Indo-European ḱówH-.
зашифрова́ть (Russian): to encode, to encrypt
Definitions
- to encode, to encrypt
Ancestry of “зашифрова́ть”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | шифровать | to encrypt, to encode |
| 2 | Russian | шифр | cipher, code |
| 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- | — |