Where does “шифровальщик” come from?
шифровальщик (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-.
шифровальщик (Russian): encryptor, cipherer, encoder
Definitions
- encryptor, cipherer, encoder
Ancestry of “шифровальщик”, 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- | — |