Where does “cigarettism” come from?
cigarettism (English) comes 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...
cigarettism (English): An addiction to smoking cigarettes
Definitions
- An addiction to smoking cigarettes
Ancestry of “cigarettism”, step by step
cigarettism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English cigarette
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cigarette | Tobacco or other substances, in a thin roll... |
| 2 | French | cigarette | cigarette |
| 3 | French | cigare | cigar |
| 4 | Spanish | cigarro | cigar; cigarette |
| 5 | Spanish | cigarra | cicada |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | *cicār(r)a | — |
| 7 | Latin | cicada | cicada, tree-cricket; vocative singular of... |
via English ism
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ism | An ideology, system of thought, or practice that... |
| 2 | English | -ism | Used to form nouns of action or process or result... |
| 3 | Latin | -ismus | -ism |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ισμός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -μός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -mós | Creates action/result nouns from verb stems |