decipherment

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English decipher
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom
Proto-Italic *-mentom
Latin -mentum
Old French -mentbor.
Middle English -ment
English -ment
English decipherment

    From decipher + -ment.

    Noun

    decipherment (countable and uncountable, plural decipherments)

    1. The analysis of documents written in ancient languages, where the language is unknown, or knowledge of the language has been lost.
    2. Decryption.

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