Etymology

cigarillo

ci·ga·ril·lo
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Today it means: A thin cigar, differing from a cigarette in being wrapped with tobacco leaves rather than paper. Full definition →

Spanish cigarrillo
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  1. Spanish · borrowed fromcigarrillo
  2. English todaycigarillo

Borrowed from Spanish cigarrillo, from cigarro (“cigar”) + -illo (“diminutive suffix”).

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