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cryptoporticus

Cryptoporticus comes from Latin cryptoporticus, from porticus ‘colonnade, arcade’, and ultimately from Ancient Greek κρῠ́πτω ‘to conceal’.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκρῠ́πτωkrŭ́ptō‘to conceal’
  2. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEκρυπτόςkruptós‘concealed, hidden’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEporticus‘colonnade, arcade’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcryptoporticus
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1581cryptoporticus

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκρῠ́πτωkrŭ́ptō‘to conceal’
  2. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEκρυπτόςkruptós‘concealed, hidden’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEporticus‘colonnade, arcade’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcryptoporticus
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1581cryptoporticus

Earliest quotation: 1581, Richard Mulcaster, Of Walking: “The cloſe vvalkes, vvhich vvere called cryptoporticus vvere not…”

Linked words

through Ancient Greek κρῠ́πτω ‘to conceal’

cryptocurrency, decryption, 10 more

through Ancient Greek κρυπτός ‘concealed, hidden’

krypton, encrypt, decrypt, 9 more

through Latin porticus ‘colonnade, arcade’

porch, portico, 3 more

Today it means

noun A vaulted arcade or corridor at, or just below, ground level, normally lit by openings in the upper part of the vault; also, a roofed promenade that is enclosed with side walls that have openings or windows instead of columns.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Ancient Greek κρῠ́πτω / cryptoporticus

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