Etymology

decryption

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Today it means: The process reversing an encryption; the process which converts encrypted data into its original form. Full definition →

Ancient Greek κρυπτός
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκρυπτός“hidden”
  2. English todaydecryption

Verbal noun of decrypt, from de- + crypt (only attested in compounds, such as cryptogram) from Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós, “hidden”).

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