Etymology

cookaholic

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Today it means: A person who is very fond of cooking. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pekʷ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pékʷeti
  3. Proto-Italic*kʷekʷō
  4. Latin*quoquō
  5. Latincoquō
  6. Latincoquus
  7. Vulgar Latin*cocus
  8. Old Englishcōc
  9. Middle Englishcook
  10. Middle Englishcoken
  11. Englishcook
  12. Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
  13. Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
  14. Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
  15. Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
  16. Medieval Latinalcoho
  17. Middle Englishalcofol
  18. Englishalcohol
  19. Englishalcoholic
  20. English todaycookaholic

From cook + -holic.

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