Where does “cigaretbukser” come from?

cigaretbukser (Danish) comes from Danish cigaret, from French cigarette, from French cigare, from Spanish cigarro, from Spanish cigarra, from Vulgar Latin *cicār(r)a, from Latin cicada — cicada, tree-cricket; vocative singular of...

cigaretbukser (Danish): cigarette pants

Definitions

  1. cigarette pants

Ancestry of “cigaretbukser”, step by step

cigaretbukser traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish cigaret

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishcigaretcigarette
2Frenchcigarettecigarette
3Frenchcigarecigar
4Spanishcigarrocigar; cigarette
5Spanishcigarracicada
6Vulgar Latin*cicār(r)a—
7Latincicadacicada, tree-cricket; vocative singular of...

via Danish bukser

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishbuksertrousers, pants; cod roe
2Middle Low Germanbuxe—
3Middle Low Germanhôse—
Every word from Latin cicada →Every word from Vulgar Latin *cicār(r)a →Every word from Spanish cigarra →