Etymology

cicero

ci·ce·ro
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Today it means: The Continental equivalent of the English pica: a measure of 12 Didot points (4.51368 mm or about 0.178 in.) or a body of type in this size. Full definition →

Latin Cicerō
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cicero · noun1

From its use in Pannartz and Sweynheim's Roman edition (1467) of Cicero's Epistulae ad Familiares ("Letters to My Friends").

Cicero · proper noun2

  1. Latincicer
  2. LatinCicerō
  3. English todayCicero

Learned borrowing from Latin Cicerō, a cognomen in reference to warts (cicer (“chickpea”)). The Latinate form, based on the nominative, displaced Middle English Ciceroun, based on the oblique stem.

Words from the same roots

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