Where does “cigarette” come from?
cigarette (Spanish) comes 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 “cigarette”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | cigare | cigar |
| 2 | Spanish | cigarro | cigar; cigarette |
| 3 | Spanish | cigarra | cicada |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | *cicār(r)a | — |
| 5 | Latin | cicada | cicada, tree-cricket; vocative singular of... |