Talk:Cipher (disambiguation)
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Zero, or Digit
[edit]In Cipher#Etymology, we say
- The word "cipher" (minority spelling "cypher") in former times meant "zero" and had the same origin [...]
Also, Names for the number 0 in English#"Zero" and "cipher" says
- "Zero" and "cipher" are both names for the number 0, but the use of "cipher" for the number is rare and only literary in English today.
Although Cipher (disambiguation) is is merely a disambiguation page, I think it should mention this rare or obsolete meaning "zero".
In my native Danish, the cognate "ciffer" means "numerical digit" - I'm not sure if cipher has also been used with this meaning in English, and if that, too, deserves a mention here.--Nø (talk) 09:34, 16 April 2021 (UTC)