Etymology

birdaholic

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Today it means: A person obsessed with birds. Full definition →

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

  1. Old Englishbridd
  2. Middle Englishbrid
  3. Englishbird
  4. Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
  5. Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
  6. Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
  7. Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
  8. Medieval Latinalcoho
  9. Middle Englishalcofol
  10. Englishalcohol
  11. Englishalcoholic
  12. English todaybirdaholic

From bird + -aholic.

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