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English word cigarette comes from French -ette, Latin cicada (Cicada, tree-cricket.), Latin *cicala ((Vulgar Latin) cicada.)
-ette (French)
cicada (Latin)
Cicada, tree-cricket.
*cicala (Latin)
(Vulgar Latin) cicada.
cigarra (Spanish)
Cicada.
cigarro (Spanish)
Cigar. Cigarette.
cigare (French)
Cigar.
cigarette (French)
Cigarette.
cigarette (English)
(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.