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Where does “cigi” come from?

cigi (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...

cigi (Hungarian): cig, smoke

Definitions

  1. cig, smoke

Ancestry of “cigi”, step by step

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

Words derived from “cigi”

  • cigik
  • cigire
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