cryptographic

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Latin cryptographiabor.
English cryptography
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
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Latin -icusbor.
Middle English -ik
English -ic
English cryptographic

    From cryptography + -ic.

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    Adjective

    cryptographic (not comparable)

    1. Relating to cryptography.
      The cryptographic community includes both cryptographers (those who make codes) and cryptanalysts (those who break codes).
      • 2014, Thomas Feller, Trustworthy Reconfigurable Systems:
        The storage of cryptographic secrets is one of the paramount requirements in building trustworthy systems.

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