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Where does “шифровка” come from?

шифровка (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-.

Ancestry of “шифровка”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianшифроватьto encrypt, to encode
2Russianшифрcipher, code
3Frenchchiffrea digit i.e. 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9; a number;...
4Italiancifrafigure, numeral; sum; code, cipher
5Medieval Latincifrazero, numeral; numeral, cipher; zero
6Arabicصِفْرzero, nothing, empty, void; nothing, cipher;...
7Sanskritशून्यzero; cipher, cypher; blank, deserted
8Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱówH-—
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