Etymology

addicting

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Today it means: Causing addiction. Full definition →

English addict ← Latin addictus ← Proto-Italic *deikō
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The story

  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. Englishaddict
  12. English todayaddicting

From addict + -ing.

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