Where does “sigarett” come from?

sigarett (Norwegian Bokmål) comes 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...

sigarett (Norwegian Bokmål): a cigarette

Definitions

  1. a cigarette

Ancestry of “sigarett”, step by step

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

Words derived from “sigarett”

Every word from Latin cicada →Every word from Vulgar Latin *cicār(r)a →Every word from Spanish cigarra →