Etymology

kryptic

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Today it means: Of or relating to krypsis. Full definition →

Ancient Greek κρυπτικός
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromκρυπτικός“obscuring”
  2. English todaykryptic

From Ancient Greek κρυπτικός (kruptikós, “obscuring”). Doublet of cryptic.

Words from the same roots

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cryptic

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