Etymology

moneyholic

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Today it means: A person obsessed with making and/or spending money. Full definition →

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

  1. LatinMonēta
  2. Latinmonēta
  3. Old Frenchmoneie
  4. Old Frenchmonoie
  5. Anglo-Normanmuneie
  6. Middle Englishmoneye
  7. Englishmoney
  8. Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
  9. Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
  10. Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
  11. Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
  12. Medieval Latinalcoho
  13. Middle Englishalcofol
  14. Englishalcohol
  15. Englishalcoholic
  16. English todaymoneyholic

From money + -holic.

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