Where does “шифроваться” come from?
шифроваться (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-.
шифроваться (Russian): to hide (especially from the police); avoid meeting anyone; be secretive; conceal any information about oneself
Definitions
- to hide (especially from the police); avoid meeting anyone; be secretive; conceal any information about oneself
Ancestry of “шифроваться”, 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- | — |