Where does “segret” come from?
segret (Friulian) comes 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...
segret (Friulian): secret
Definitions
- secret
Ancestry of “segret”, step by step
segret traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French cigarette
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | cigarette | cigarette |
| 2 | French | cigare | cigar |
| 3 | Spanish | cigarro | cigar; cigarette |
| 4 | Spanish | cigarra | cicada |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | *cicār(r)a | — |
| 6 | Latin | cicada | cicada, tree-cricket; vocative singular of... |
via Latin sēcrētus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | sēcrētus | put apart, sundered, severed, separated, having been separated |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ἀγωγός | leading, guiding; guide, escort; leading to |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἄγω | to lead, fetch, bring along (a living creature), take with |
| 4 | Proto-Hellenic | ágō | to lead, to guide |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂éǵeti | to be driving |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eǵ- | to drive |