Etymology

cockaholic

C3O1C3K5A1H4O1L1I1C3

Today it means: Obsessed with the penis as a sexual organ. Full definition →

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

The story

  1. Proto-Germanic*keukô
  2. Proto-Germanic*kukkaz
  3. Proto-West Germanic*kokk
  4. Old Englishcocc
  5. Middle Englishcok
  6. Englishcock
  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 todaycockaholic

From cock + -aholic.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.