Where does “سيجارة” come from?
سيجارة (Arabic) comes from Spanish cigarro, from Spanish cigarra, from Vulgar Latin *cicār(r)a, from Latin cicada — cicada, tree-cricket; vocative singular of...
سيجارة (Arabic): cigarette
Ancestry of “سيجارة”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Spanish | cigarro | cigar; cigarette |
| 2 | Spanish | cigarra | cicada |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | *cicār(r)a | — |
| 4 | Latin | cicada | cicada, tree-cricket; vocative singular of... |