Etymology of the English word cryptosystem
the English word
cryptosystemderived from the English word
systemderived from the French word
systemederived from the Late Latin word
systema (system; complex whole; whole consisting of several parts)
derived from the Greek word
sustema, σύστημα
derived from the Greek word
histanaiderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*stā-using the Greek prefix
sun-, συν-
derived from the Greek word
sun, σύν (together; with or together ; by association, companionship, process, resemblance, possession, instrumentality, addition, etc.)
using the English prefix
crypto-derived from the New Latin prefix
crypto-derived from the Greek word
kruptos, κρυπτός (concealed; private)
derived from the Greek word
kruptein, κρύπτειν, κρύπτω
Usage
Word found in Modern English
