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decipherment

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.77 in modern English

Syllables
de-ci-pher-ment
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Decryption.

Countable; Uncountable

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.

Usage

Inflected Forms

decipherments (plural)

Synonyms

decoding decryption

Questions

What does decipherment mean?
The analysis of documents written in ancient languages, where the language is unknown, or knowledge of the language has been lost.
Where does decipherment come from?
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.

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