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>crypto /krip'to/
>noun
> 1. One who covertly supports a certain doctrine, group, or party.
> 2. Cryptography.
> 3. A secret supporter or follower.
>adjective
> 1. Secret or covert.
>The American Heritage(r) Dictionary of the English Language, 5th
>Edition * More at Wordnik https://www.wordnik.com/words/crypto
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https://duckduckgo.com/?q=crypto+etymology
>...
>https://www.etymonline.com/word/crypto-
>crypto-
>before vowels crypt-, word-forming element meaning "secret" or "hidden,
>not evident or obvious," used in forming English words at least since
>1760 (crypto-Calvinianism), from Latinized form of Greek kryptos
>"hidden, concealed, secret" (see crypt; the Greek combining form was
>krypho-).
>In 19c. often of secret religious faith; from 1870s in scientific
>words; since c. 1945 typically of hidden political loyalties. Crypto-
>fascist is attested from 1937; crypto-communist from 1946. Hence, as
>an abstracted noun, crypto "person who conceals a political adherence"
>(1946).
>also from 1760
>Entries linking to crypto-
>crypt (n.)
>early 15c., cripte, "grotto, cavern," from Latin crypta "vault,
>cavern," from Greek krypte "a vault, crypt" (short for krypte kamara
>"hidden vault"), fem. of kryptos "hidden," verbal adjective from
>kryptein "to hide," which is of uncertain origin. Comparison has been
>made to Old Church Slavonic kryjo, kryti "to hide," Lithuanian krauti
>"to pile up." Beekes writes that krypto "is formally and semantically
>reminiscent of [kalypto]; the verbs may have influenced each other."
>For this, see calypto-. But he adds, "However, since there is no good
>IE etymology, the word could be Pre-Greek." Meaning "underground
>burial vault or chapel in a church" is attested by 1789.
>cryptarchy (n.)
>"secret government," 1798; see crypto- + -archy.
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(ergo all cryptos are communists hidden in burial vaults and churches)