Re: Dates of IE and A-A

From: Brian M. Scott
Message: 69721
Date: 2012-06-01

At 4:38:35 PM on Friday, June 1, 2012, dgkilday57 wrote:

> Speaking of smoking, I have never been convinced that
> Spanish <cigarro> 'cigar' comes from an unidentified New
> World source.

The American Heritage Dictionary suggests Maya <sik'ar>,
from <sik> 'tobacco'.

Brian