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cifra: Arabic → Spanish · Lexodus

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cifra

Borrowed from Arabic صِفْر (ṣifr, “empty”) and, subsequently 'zero'; cifra is the Latin form which came to Europe via Andalusian Arabic in late 14th century. Cognate with English cipher.

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c. 750 CEArabic

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c. 750 CE
c. 1200

Hops are evenly spaced; labels show the year each form is first attested.