Crypto-
1.
a combining form meaning “hidden,” “secret,” used in the formation of compound words:
cryptograph.
combining form
1.
secret, hidden, or concealed: cryptography, crypto-fascist
before vowels crypt-, word-forming element meaning “secret” or “hidden,” used in forming English words since at least 1760, from Latinized form of Greek kryptos “hidden, concealed, secret” (see crypt; the Greek comb. form was krypho-). Crypto-fascist is attested from 1937; crypto-communist from 1946.
crypto- or crypt-
pref.
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