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Where does “sigaar” come from?

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

sigaar (Dutch): cigar

Definitions

  1. cigar

Ancestry of “sigaar”, step by step

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

Words derived from “sigaar”

  • klapsigaar
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