Task: Text Simplification
Input (English): The word " cipher " ( minority spelling " cypher " ) in former times meant " zero " and had the same origin : Middle French as " " and Medieval Latin as " cifra , " from the Arabic صفر " sifr " = zero ( see Zero — Etymology ) .
Output (English): The word cipher in French is " cifre " and in Medieval Latin " cifra " , from the Arabic " sifr " , meaning ' zero ' .