Where does “cigale” come from?
cigale (French) comes from Old Occitan cigala, from Vulgar Latin cicala, from Latin cicada — cicada, tree-cricket; vocative singular of...
cigale (French): cicada
Ancestry of “cigale”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Occitan | cigala | — |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | cicala | cicada |
| 3 | Latin | cicada | cicada, tree-cricket; vocative singular of... |