Where does “cigale de mer” come from?

cigale de mer (French) comes from French mer, from Middle French mer, from Old French mer, from Latin mare, from Proto-Italic mari, from Proto-Indo-European móri, from Proto-Indo-European mer- — to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland.

cigale de mer (French): slipper lobster, any member of the family Scyllaridae

Definitions

  1. slipper lobster, any member of the family Scyllaridae

Ancestry of “cigale de mer”, step by step

cigale de mer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French mer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmersea
2Middle Frenchmersea
3Old Frenchmersea
4Latinmaresea; ablative singular of mās
5Proto-Italicmarisea
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmórisea; standing water
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmer-to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland

via French cigale

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcigalecicada
2Old Occitancigala—
3Vulgar Latincicalacicada
4Latincicadacicada, tree-cricket; vocative singular of...
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