Where does “زقارة” come from?

زقارة (Gulf Arabic) comes from English cigarette, 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...

زقارة (Gulf Arabic): cigarette

Definitions

  1. cigarette

Ancestry of “زقارة”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcigaretteTobacco or other substances, in a thin roll...
2Frenchcigarettecigarette
3Frenchcigarecigar
4Spanishcigarrocigar; cigarette
5Spanishcigarracicada
6Vulgar Latin*cicār(r)a—
7Latincicadacicada, tree-cricket; vocative singular of...
Every word from Latin cicada →Every word from Vulgar Latin *cicār(r)a →Every word from Spanish cigarra →