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Where does “cigaretpakke” come from?

cigaretpakke (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...

cigaretpakke (Danish): cigarette pack, cigarette packet; a rectangular...

Definitions

  1. cigarette pack, cigarette packet; a rectangular...

Ancestry of “cigaretpakke”, step by step

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