crypt

/kˈɹɪpt/KRIPT
/kˈɹɪpt/KRIPT

Meaninga hidden place

Common meaning: an underground vault

Journey through time

  1. Greekκρύπτω‘to hide, conceal’
  2. Latinerypia
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsto hide, conceal → an underground vaultcrypt‘an underground vault’ · today

crypt also in: crypticgrotto

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

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Origin: Built on Greek κρύπτω ‘to hide, conceal’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Liddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), entry κρύπτω, p. 850 · dictionary scan

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