Etymology

chocoholic

C3H4O1C3O1H4O1L1I1C3

Today it means: Someone who has such a liking for chocolate that they appear to be addicted to it. Full definition →

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

  1. Classical Nahuatlchocolāt
  2. Spanishchocolate
  3. Englishchocolate
  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 todaychocoholic

From choco(late) + -holic.

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