cigar

Where does the word "cigar" come from? It comes from Spanish cigarro, and was adopted directly into English (1730s).

Cigar’s story begins in Spanish: cigarro meant “a rolled tobacco leaf for smoking.” Possibly from a Mayan word for smoking tobacco leaves. It reached English by 1730s as cigar. Settled as the English word for the rolled tobacco product. Today, cigar means a roll of cured tobacco leaves for smoking.

1. Stage 1 · Spanish · 1600s cigarro "a rolled tobacco leaf for smoking", possibly from a Mayan word for smoking tobacco leaves.
2. Stage 2 · English · 1730s cigar "a roll of tobacco leaves for smoking", settled as the English word for the rolled tobacco product.