Etymograph

English

holocryptic

From holo- + cryptic.

Formed from holo- + cryptic

Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- ‘whole’

Proto-Indo-European *solh₂wós

Ancient Greek ὅλος ‘whole, entire’

English holo-

Ancient Greek κρύπτω ‘to hide’

Ancient Greek κρυπτός ‘hidden’

Ancient Greek κρυπτικός ‘obscuring’

Late Latin crypticus

English cryptic

Today it means

adj Wholly or completely concealing; incapable of being deciphered.

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

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