Where does “Zigarettenetui” come from?

Zigarettenetui (German) comes from German Zigarette, 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...

Zigarettenetui (German): cigarette case

Definitions

  1. cigarette case

Ancestry of “Zigarettenetui”, step by step

Zigarettenetui traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Zigarette

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanZigarettecigarette
2Frenchcigarettecigarette
3Frenchcigarecigar
4Spanishcigarrocigar; cigarette
5Spanishcigarracicada
6Vulgar Latin*cicār(r)a—
7Latincicadacicada, tree-cricket; vocative singular of...

via German Etui

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanEtuicase, étui
2Frenchétuicase; holster; cover
3Middle Frenchétui—
4Old Frenchestuicontainer, prison; case, sheath
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