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-crypt

-crypt suffix: cryptography.

Suffix

-crypt

  1. Cryptography.
    • en- + -crypt → encrypt
    • de- + -crypt → decrypt
    Synonyms:
    crypto-, crypt-
  2. Hidden.
    • phallo- + -crypt → phallocrypt

Synonyms of -crypt

Origin of -crypt

From Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós, literally “hidden, concealed, private, secret”).

Questions about -crypt

What does -crypt mean?
-crypt means cryptography.
What part of speech is -crypt?
-crypt is a suffix.

Words near -crypt in the dictionary

  1. -cratic
  2. -crats
  3. -crete
  4. -crine
  5. -cross
  6. -crypt
  7. -cryst
  8. -cule
  9. -culum
  10. -culus
  11. -curium

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