köken: Borrowed from Arabic صِفْر (ṣifr, “empty”) and, subsequently 'zero'; cifra is the Latin form which came to Europe via Andalusian Arabic in late 14th century. Cognate with English cipher.
book or body of laws, code of laws, lawbook · system of rules and principles, e.g. of conduct · code (set of symbols)
çekim: çoğul codes
köken: Borrowing from French code, in the senses relating to laws and rules. Senses related to cryptography and coding have been borrowed from English code. Both derive from Old French code, from Latin cōdex.
code; a set of rules for converting information into another form or representation: · a cryptographic system using a codebook that converts words or phrases into codewords to conceal their meaning; or a message represented by such rules · instructions for a computer, written in a programming language
çekim: çoğul kódok
köken: Borrowed from English code, from French code (“system of law”), from Latin cōdex (“tree trunk, book”).
köken: Borrowed from French chiffre, probably via Russian шифр (šifr). Ultimately from Arabic صِفر (ṣifr, “empty, void”). Doublet of цифра (cifra, “digit (of a number)”).
Etymology tree Sanskrit शू॒न्य (śūnyá)sl. Arabic صِفْر (ṣifr)bor. Medieval Latin cīfra French chiffrebor. Polish szyfr Borrowed from French chiffre (“digit, figure, cipher”), Medieval Latin cifra (“numeral, cipher, zero”), Arabic صِفْر (ṣifr, “zero, empty, nothing”) . Doublet of cyfra (“digit”) and zero (“zero”).