Where does “tagliasigari” come from?
tagliasigari (Italian) comes from Italian sigari, from Italian sigaro, from Spanish cigarro, from Spanish cigarra, from Vulgar Latin *cicār(r)a, from Latin cicada — cicada, tree-cricket; vocative singular of...
tagliasigari (Italian): cigar cutter
Ancestry of “tagliasigari”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | sigari | plural of sigaro; cigars |
| 2 | Italian | sigaro | cigar, cheroot |
| 3 | Spanish | cigarro | cigar; cigarette |
| 4 | Spanish | cigarra | cicada |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | *cicār(r)a | — |
| 6 | Latin | cicada | cicada, tree-cricket; vocative singular of... |