Etymology

Webaholic

W4E1B3A1H4O1L1I1C3

Today it means: A person who is addicted to the World Wide Web. Full definition →

English alcoholic ← Middle English alcofol ← Medieval Latin alcoho
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*weyh₁-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*wiHrós
  3. Proto-Germanic*weraz
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₂életi
  6. Proto-Germanic*alaną
  7. Proto-Germanic*aldiz
  8. Proto-Germanic*weraldiz
  9. Proto-West Germanic*weraldi
  10. Old Englishweorold
  11. Middle Englishworld
  12. Englishworld
  13. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  14. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*h₁weydʰh₁-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*h₁weydʰh₁ós
  18. Proto-Germanic*wīdaz
  19. Old Englishwīd
  20. Englishwide
  21. Englishworldwide
  22. Proto-Indo-European*webʰ-
  23. Proto-Germanic*webaną
  24. Proto-Germanic*wabją
  25. Old Englishwebb
  26. Middle Englishweb
  27. Englishweb
  28. EnglishWorld Wide Webellip.
  29. EnglishWeb
  30. Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
  31. Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
  32. Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
  33. Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
  34. Medieval Latinalcoho
  35. Middle Englishalcofol
  36. Englishalcohol
  37. Englishalcoholic
  38. English todayWebaholic

From Web + -holic.

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