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OT: in Arabic Zero is "Ciphr" or "Cipher" where we get the words decipher or cipher from.
OT: in Arabic Zero is "Ciphr" or "Cipher" where we get the words decipher or cipher from.
In many romance languages it is the root of the word we use for digit. It, es: cifra, fr: chiffre, ro: cifrǎ. In Portuguese the word is algarismo and it comes from al-Khwārizmī [0], who gives the name to algorithm as well.
In Tamil, its still called cyber.