Where does “шифрование” come from?
шифрование (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-.
шифрование (Russian): encryption
Definitions
- encryption
Ancestry of “шифрование”, 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- | — |