Where does “cigarettelessness” come from?
cigarettelessness (English) comes from English cigaretteless, from English cigarette, 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...
cigarettelessness (English): Absence of cigarettes
Definitions
- Absence of cigarettes
Ancestry of “cigarettelessness”, step by step
cigarettelessness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English cigaretteless
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cigaretteless | Without a cigarette |
| 2 | English | cigarette | Tobacco or other substances, in a thin roll... |
| 3 | French | cigarette | cigarette |
| 4 | French | cigare | cigar |
| 5 | Spanish | cigarro | cigar; cigarette |
| 6 | Spanish | cigarra | cicada |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | *cicār(r)a | — |
| 8 | Latin | cicada | cicada, tree-cricket; vocative singular of... |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |