Where does “cigarettist” come from?
cigarettist (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...
cigarettist (English): One who smokes cigarettes
Definitions
- One who smokes cigarettes
Ancestry of “cigarettist”, step by step
cigarettist 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 ist
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ist | A practitioner or supporter of an ism |
| 2 | English | -ist | Added to words to form nouns denoting |
| 3 | Old French | -iste | — |
| 4 | Latin | -ista | -ist; one who practises or believes |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ιστής | Alternative form of -τής; -ist |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -τής | Appended to verbs to form agent nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | -tās | — |