Secret Definition
- the unknown
- magic number
- an unknown
- classified information
- something forbidden
- puzzle
- privileged information
- private matter
- something hidden
- something veiled
- deep mystery
- enigma
- mystery
- personal matter
- code
- public knowledge
- known
- revelation
- Without others knowing.
- without the knowledge of others; secretly
Origin of Secret
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Middle English secrette, from Old French secret, from Latin sÄ“crÄ“tus (“separated, hidden"), from ptp of sÄ“cernō (“separate, to set aside, sunder out"), from Latin cernō, from Proto-Indo-European *krey- . Or from Latin sÄ“cÅ«rus (“untroubled, carefree"), from cura. Compare Russian cкрытый, сокрытый ('hidden', 'covered', from Russian сокрыть ('to hide', 'to conceal'), which in turn derives from Russian крыть ('to cover')).
From Wiktionary
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Displaced native Middle English diȝel "secret" (from Old English dÄ«egol "secret"), Middle English derne, deorne "dark, hidden, secret" (from Old English dierne "dark, hidden, secret"), Middle English roune, rowne "secret, secret counsel" (from Old English rÅ«n), Middle English hidel "secrecy, secret" (from Old English hȳdels "hiding-stow").
From Wiktionary
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Middle English from Old French from Latin sēcrētus from past participle of sēcernere to set aside sē- apart s(w)e- in Indo-European roots cernere to separate krei- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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