cipher

(Inglês)

Freqüência

C2
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/ˈsaɪfə/
Etimologia (Inglês)

In summary

14th century. From Middle English cifre, from Old French cyfre, cyffre (French chiffre), ultimately from Arabic صِفْر (ṣifr, “zero, empty”), from صَفَرَ (ṣafara, “to be empty”). Doublet of chiffre and zero. Sense 8 (a fault in an organ valve) may be a different word.

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