• Decypher

    Origin

    As decipher, but retaining the y from the Old French etyma of cipher (cyfre, cyffre); the i spelling tends to be preferred etymologically, being consistent with its cognates, the French déchiffrer and the Italian decifrare, and with their common ancestor, the Medieval Latin cifra, cifera, ciphra.

    Full definition of decypher

    Verb

    1. Alternative spelling of decipher

    Derived terms

    Noun

    decypher

    (plural decyphers)
    1. Alternative spelling of decipher
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