Where does “sigara” come from?
sigara (Turkish) comes from Dutch sigaar, from French cigare, from Spanish cigarro, from Spanish cigarra, from Vulgar Latin *cicār(r)a, from Latin cicada — cicada, tree-cricket; vocative singular of...
sigara (Turkish): cigarette
Definitions
- cigarette
Ancestry of “sigara”, step by step
sigara traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch sigaar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | sigaar | cigar |
| 2 | French | cigare | cigar |
| 3 | Spanish | cigarro | cigar; cigarette |
| 4 | Spanish | cigarra | cicada |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | *cicār(r)a | — |
| 6 | Latin | cicada | cicada, tree-cricket; vocative singular of... |
via English cigar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cigar | Tobacco rolled and wrapped with an outer covering... |
via Russian сига́ра
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | сига́ра | cigar |