crypt
n.
early 15c., "grotto, cavern," from Latin crypta "vault, cavern," from Greek krypte (short for krypte kamara "hidden vault"), fem. of kryptos "hidden," verbal adjective from kryptein "to hide," from PIE *krau- "to conceal, hide" (cognates: Old Church Slavonic kryjo, kryti "to hide"). Meaning "underground burial vault or chapel in a church" first attested 1789.
☞ crypt, krypt
词根：crypt = secret, hidden, 表示“秘密, 隐藏”
crypt n. 地窖，地穴
cryptic a. 秘密的；难解的（crypt+ic→秘密的）
cryptogram n密码；暗号（crypto+gram字、图→秘密字→密码）
cryptonym n. 匿名（crypto+nym名字）
apocrypha n. 伪经，伪书（apo离开+crypha秘密，引申为神圣→离开神圣→伪经）
apocryphal a. 伪经的；假冒的（apocrypha+al)
decrypt v. 解密（de去掉+crypt)
encrypt v. 加密（en进入+crypt)
〔李〕[crypt] n.地窟，隐窝 ←crypt (GK krytein)=to hide 藏