Where does “cigarettacsikk” come from?

cigarettacsikk (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian cigaretta, 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...

cigarettacsikk (Hungarian): cigarette butt

Definitions

  1. cigarette butt

Ancestry of “cigarettacsikk”, step by step

cigarettacsikk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian cigaretta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariancigarettacigarette
2GermanZigarettecigarette
3Frenchcigarettecigarette
4Frenchcigarecigar
5Spanishcigarrocigar; cigarette
6Spanishcigarracicada
7Vulgar Latin*cicār(r)a
8Latincicadacicada, tree-cricket; vocative singular of...

via Hungarian csikk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariancsikkbutt, stub the waste end of a cigarette
2Frenchchiquechewing gum
3Frenchchiquerto chew tobacco; to chew gum
Every word from Latin cicadaEvery word from Vulgar Latin *cicār(r)aEvery word from Spanish cigarra
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