Where does “smoking” come from?
smoking (Serbo-Croatian) comes from French smoking, from English smoking jacket — A men's jacket designed to be worn while smoking...
smoking (Serbo-Croatian): tuxedo, dinner jacket
Ancestry of “smoking”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | smoking | tuxedo, dinner jacket |
| 2 | English | smoking jacket | A men's jacket designed to be worn while smoking... |