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)

词根词缀：crypto-, crypt-

【来源及含义】Greek: hidden, secret, secrets, secret writing; by extension, applied to secret code or ciphers

【相关词根词缀】 A cross reference of other word family units that are related directly, or indirectly, to: "secret, hidden, confidential, concealed": ceal-; clandesti-; myster-; occult-; orgy; stego-, stegano-.

【同源单词】allocryptic, Ammocrypta, amphicryptophyte, anticryptic, apocryphal, Apocryphon