Etymology

aquaholic

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Today it means: Addicted to water. Full definition →

English alcoholic ← Middle English alcofol ← Medieval Latin alcoho
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ékʷeh₂
  2. Proto-Italic*akʷā
  3. Latinaqua
  4. Middle Englishaqua
  5. Englishaqua-
  6. Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
  7. Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
  8. Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
  9. Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
  10. Medieval Latinalcoho
  11. Middle Englishalcofol
  12. Englishalcohol
  13. Englishalcoholic
  14. English todayaquaholic

From aqua- + -holic.

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