decypher
English
Etymology
As decipher, but retaining the y from the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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.
Verb
decypher (third-person singular simple present decyphers, present participle decyphering, simple past and past participle decyphered)
- Alternative spelling of decipher
Derived terms
Noun
decypher (plural decyphers)
- Alternative spelling of decipher