Where does “sigaret” come from?

sigaret (Indonesian) comes from Dutch sigaret, 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...

Ancestry of “sigaret”, step by step

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