Etymology

Buffaholic

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Today it means: A fan of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Full definition →

English alcoholic ← Middle English alcofol ← Medieval Latin alcoho
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  1. Proto-Semitic*ʔil-
  2. Biblical Hebrewאֵל (el)
  3. Biblical Hebrewנִשְׁבַּע (nishbá)
  4. Biblical Hebrewאֱלִישֶׁבַע (ʾĕlîšeḇaʿ)
  5. Ancient GreekἘλισάβετ (Elisábet)
  6. Middle EnglishElizabeth
  7. EnglishElizabeth
  8. EnglishBuffy
  9. Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
  10. Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
  11. Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
  12. Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
  13. Medieval Latinalcoho
  14. Middle Englishalcofol
  15. Englishalcohol
  16. Englishalcoholic
  17. English todayBuffaholic

From Buffy + -aholic.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.