Etymology

methomania

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Ancient Greek μέθυ
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromμέθυ“wine”
  2. English todaymethomania

From Ancient Greek μέθυ (méthu, “wine”) + -mania.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekμέθυ all →

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