Latin and English are members of a completely different family of languages (Indogermanic/Indoeuropean) than Hebrew (Semitic). *Suffix* has nothing to do with Hebrew, Janus explained it correctly. *Imperium* also has nothing to do with Hebrew. It is Latin and derives from *impero, -as, -are* which means "to order or to command" and which itself consists of *im-* ("in") + *parare* ("to prepare or to order"). "Syfer" in Afrikaans (also Indogerm./Indoeurop.) or "Ziffer" in German are loanwords (via Italian) from Arabic "sifr" which itself seems to be a loanword or adaptation from Middle Greek or Old Indic, but I'd have to look that up.