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

cigaretpakke 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 pakke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishpakkepackage; parcel; packet
2Old Norsepakki—
3Middle Low Germanpacke—
4Old Saxonpakko—
5Frankishpakkō—
6Proto-Germanicpakkôbundle; pack; package
Every word from Latin cicada →Every word from Vulgar Latin *cicār(r)a →Every word from Spanish cigarra →