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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary crypt- combining form or crypto- ETYMOLOGY New Latin, from Greek kryptos 1. hidden : covered cryptogenic 2. cryptographic cryptanalysis English Etymology crypt early 15c., "grotto, cavern," from L. crypta "vault, cavern," from Gk. krypte, fem. of kryptos "hidden," from kryptein "to hide." Meaning "underground burial vault or chapel in a church" first attested 1789. Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 crypt crypt / kript / noun a room under the floor of a church, used especially in the past as a place for burying people (尤指旧时作墓穴用的)教堂地下室 Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged crypt- combining form or crypto- also krypt- or krypto- Etymology: New Latin, from Greek kryptos 1. : hidden : covered < cryptobranch > < cryptoporticus > 2. : invisible : latent < cryptocrystalline > < cryptomere > 3. : occult < cryptesthesia > 4. : secret : private < cryptogram > < cryptonym > 5. : hidden by dissembling : unavowed < cryptofascist > < cryptorationalism > |
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