The story
- Proto-Germanic*skup-
- Old Englishscoppa
- Middle Englishschoppe
- Englishshop
- Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
- Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
- Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
- Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
- Medieval Latinalcoho
- Middle Englishalcofol
- Englishalcohol
- Englishalcoholism
- English todayshopaholism
From shop + -aholism, by analogy with alcoholism, from alcohol.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.