Etymology

encipherment

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Today it means: The act or process of enciphering; encryption Full definition →

English encipher ← Middle English en- ← Old French en-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Italic*en
  3. Proto-Italic*en-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Old Frenchen-
  6. Middle Englishen-
  7. Englishen-
  8. Englishcipher
  9. Englishencipher
  10. English todayencipherment

From encipher + -ment.

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