Where does “sigara içmek” come from?

sigara içmek (Turkish) comes from Turkish sigara, 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 içmek (Turkish): to smoke

Definitions

  1. to smoke

Ancestry of “sigara içmek”, step by step

sigara içmek traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish sigara

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishsigaracigarette
2Dutchsigaarcigar
3Frenchcigarecigar
4Spanishcigarrocigar; cigarette
5Spanishcigarracicada
6Vulgar Latin*cicār(r)a—
7Latincicadacicada, tree-cricket; vocative singular of...

via Turkish içmek

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishiçmekto drink, imbibe; to inhale, smoke; to absorb
2Ottoman Turkishایچمكto drink
3Proto-Turkicič-to drink
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