Dictionary

decypher en · NOUN

Etymology

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. By surface analysis, de- + cypher.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of decipher.
   alt of decipher

Forms

decypher en · VERB

Etymology

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. By surface analysis, de- + cypher.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of decipher.
   alt of decipher

Forms

Deriveds

decyphered