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Re:Zero by csours on Friday March 13, 2015 @04:34PM (#9199861)
Cipher comes from the same root as Zero (sifr), making it a doublet word.

http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/30774/origin-of-z...

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Re:Zero by hnmcs on Friday March 13, 2015 @07:32PM (#9200760)
So the whole thing is a love poem then, with "cipher" actually meaning "zero", "nothing", or "negate".

Cool.

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