Etymology

cinemaholic

C3I1N1E1M3A1H4O1L1I1C3

Today it means: A movie enthusiast. Full definition →

English alcoholic ← Middle English alcofol ← Medieval Latin alcoho
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*keyh₂-
  2. Ancient Greekκινέω (kinéō)
  3. Ancient Greekκίνημα (kínēma)
  4. Frenchcinématographeclip.
  5. Frenchcinéma
  6. Englishcinema
  7. Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
  8. Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
  9. Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
  10. Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
  11. Medieval Latinalcoho
  12. Middle Englishalcofol
  13. Englishalcohol
  14. Englishalcoholic
  15. English todaycinemaholic

From cinema + -holic.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.