Etymology

rageholic

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Today it means: A person with a highly volatile temper. Full definition →

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

  1. Latinrabiō
  2. Classical Latinrabiēs
  3. Late Latinrabia
  4. Anglo-Normanrage
  5. Middle Englishrage
  6. Englishrage
  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 todayrageholic

From rage + -holic.

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