Where does βe-cigarβ come from?
e-cigar (English) comes from English E, from Old English E, from Latin E, from Etruscan π, from Ancient Greek Ξ΅, from Phoenician π€, from Egyptian π .
e-cigar (English): Alternative form of electronic cigar
Definitions
- Alternative form of electronic cigar
Ancestry of βe-cigarβ, step by step
e-cigar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English E
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | E | The ordinal number fifth, derived from this... |
| 2 | Old English | E | β |
| 3 | Latin | E | Scribal abbreviation of the diphthong ae |
| 4 | Etruscan | π | β |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Ξ΅ | Lower case epsilon, the fifth letter of the ancient and modern Greek alphabets. Its name was Ξ΅αΌΆ, later αΌ ΟΞΉΞ»ΟΞ½, and presently ΞΟιλον. It represents roughly the same sound in both alphabets: in Modern Greek, a somewhat lowered variant of the mid front unrounded vowel: or. It is preceded by Ξ΄ and foll |
| 6 | Phoenician | π€ | that |
| 7 | Egyptian | π | β |
via English cigar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cigar | Tobacco rolled and wrapped with an outer covering... |
| 2 | Spanish | cigarro | cigar; cigarette |
| 3 | Spanish | cigarra | cicada |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | *cicΔr(r)a | β |
| 5 | Latin | cicada | cicada, tree-cricket; vocative singular of... |