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