addict

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1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
2. Proto-Italic*ad
3. Proto-Italic*ad-
4. Latinad-
5. Proto-Indo-European*deyḱ-
6. Proto-Indo-European*déyḱeti
7. Proto-Italic*deikō
8. Latindīcō
9. Latinaddīcō
10. Latinaddictus
11. English todayaddict

Borrowed from Latin addictus, past participle of addīcō (“deliver; devote; surrender”), from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + dīcō (“say; declare”)

First known use, by meaning

• from 16th c. To deliver (someone or something) following a judicial decision.
• from 16th c. To devote (oneself) to a given activity, occupation, thing etc.
• 16th–18th c. To bind (a person or thing) to the service of something.
• 16th–19th c. To devote or pledge (oneself) to a given person, cause etc.
• from 16th c. To devote (one's mind, talent etc.) to a given activity, occupation, thing etc.
• from 17th c. To make (someone) become devoted to a given thing or activity; to cause to be addicted.