Where does “сигарета” come from?

сигарета (Ukrainian) 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...

сигарета (Ukrainian): cigarette

Definitions

  1. cigarette

Ancestry of “сигарета”, step by step

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