Etymology

blogaholic

B3L1O1G2A1H4O1L1I1C3
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. Proto-Indo-European*legʰ-
  31. Proto-Indo-European*légʰyeti
  32. Proto-Germanic*ligjaną
  33. Old Norseliggjader.?
  34. Middle Englishlogge
  35. Englishlog
  36. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂ǵosder.?
  37. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂g-der.?
  38. Proto-Germanic*bōks
  39. Proto-West Germanic*bōk
  40. Old Englishbōc
  41. Middle Englishbok
  42. Englishbook
  43. Englishlogbook
  44. Englishlog
  45. Englishweblog
  46. Englishblog
  47. Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
  48. Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
  49. Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
  50. Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
  51. Medieval Latinalcoho
  52. Middle Englishalcofol
  53. Englishalcohol
  54. Englishalcoholic
  55. English todayblogaholic

From blog + -aholic.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.