Where does “şifrelemek” come from?
şifrelemek (Turkish) comes from Turkish şifre, from Ottoman Turkish شیفره, from French chiffre, from Italian cifra, from Medieval Latin cifra, from Arabic صِفْر, from Sanskrit शून्य, from Proto-Indo-European ḱówH-.
şifrelemek (Turkish): to encrypt (to conceal information by means of a code or cipher)
Definitions
- to encrypt (to conceal information by means of a code or cipher)
Ancestry of “şifrelemek”, step by step
şifrelemek traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Turkish şifre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkish | şifre | code, cipher |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | شیفره | code, cipher |
| 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- | — |
via Turkish mek
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkish | mek | — |
via Turkish le
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkish | le | The name of the Latin-script letter L |