Cigarette etymology

English

English word cigarette comes from French -ette, Latin cicada (Cicada, tree-cricket.), Latin *cicala ((Vulgar Latin) cicada.)

Etymology of cigarette

Detailed word origin of cigarette

Dictionary entry Language Definition
-ette French (fr)
cicada Latin (lat) Cicada, tree-cricket.
*cicala Latin (lat) (Vulgar Latin) cicada.
cigarra Spanish (es) Cicada.
cigarro Spanish (es) Cigar. Cigarette.
cigare French (fr) Cigar.
cigarette French (fr) Cigarette.
cigarette English (en) (slang, rare) To give someone a cigarette, and/or to light one for them. Tobacco or other substances, in a thin roll wrapped with paper, intended to be smoked.

Words with the same origin as cigarette

Descendants of cicada

cigar