Etymology

sodaholic

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Today it means: A person who is addicted to soda or drinks it a lot. Full definition →

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

  1. Arabicأَسْوَد (ʔaswad)
  2. Ancient Greekμελαγχολία (melankholía)calq.?
  3. Arabicسَوْدَاء (sawdāʔ)
  4. Arabicأَسْوَد (ʔaswad)
  5. Arabicسُوَيْدَاء (suwaydāʔ)
  6. Italiansoda
  7. Englishsoda
  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 todaysodaholic

From soda + -holic.

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