crypt
English
/kɹɪpt/
noun
Definitions
- (now) A cave or cavern.
- An underground vault, especially one beneath a church that is used as a burial place.
- (anatomy) A small pit or cavity in the surface of an organ or other structure.
Etymology
Derived from Latin crypta (vault) derived from Ancient Greek κρυπτός (hidden, secret, concealed, private).
Origin
Ancient Greek
κρυπτός
Gloss
hidden, secret, concealed, private
Concept
Semantic Field
Cognition
Ontological Category
Property
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cryptal English
- cryptid English
- cryptitis English
- cryptlike English
- crypto- English
- encrypt English
- hemicrypt English
- krypton English
- monocryptal English
- pericryptal English
- unicryptal English
- *grupta Latin
- crypta Latin
- crypton Latin
- cryptoporticus Latin
- grupta Latin
- Kruft German
- kripto- Hungarian
- cripta Italian
- cripto- Italian
- grotta Italian
- crypte Dutch, Flemish
- krocht Dutch, Flemish
- crypte French
- crypto- French
- grotte French
- крипто́н Russian
- cripta Spanish, Castilian
- cripto- Spanish, Castilian
- criptorquidia Spanish, Castilian
- críptido Spanish, Castilian
- κρυπτή Ancient Greek
- κρυπτός Ancient Greek
- κρύπτη Ancient Greek
- *krāu- Proto-Indo-European
- cripta Portuguese
- cripto- Portuguese
- krypta Polish
- cripti- Irish
- cripta Catalan, Valencian
- cripta Galician
- cripto- Galician
- groto Galician
- gruft Old High German