Where does “transpositionschiffer” come from?
transpositionschiffer (Swedish) comes from Swedish chiffer, from French chiffre, from Italian cifra, from Medieval Latin cifra, from Arabic صِفْر, from Sanskrit शून्य, from Proto-Indo-European ḱówH-.
transpositionschiffer (Swedish): transposition cipher; encryption method which rearranges the order of the plaintext letters
Definitions
- transposition cipher; encryption method which rearranges the order of the plaintext letters
Ancestry of “transpositionschiffer”, step by step
transpositionschiffer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish chiffer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | chiffer | cipher |
| 2 | French | chiffre | a digit i.e. 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9; a number;... |
| 3 | Italian | cifra | figure, numeral; sum; code, cipher |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | cifra | zero, numeral; numeral, cipher; zero |
| 5 | Arabic | صِفْر | zero, nothing, empty, void; nothing, cipher;... |
| 6 | Sanskrit | शून्य | zero; cipher, cypher; blank, deserted |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱówH- | — |
via Swedish transposition
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | transposition | — |