Etymology

wikiholism

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Today it means: An addiction to editing any of the various wikis. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Polynesian*witi
  2. Hawaiianwiki
  3. Hawaiianwikiwiki
  4. Proto-Indo-European*webʰ-
  5. Proto-Germanic*webaną
  6. Proto-Germanic*wabją
  7. Old Englishwebb
  8. Middle Englishweb
  9. Englishweb
  10. EnglishWikiWikiWebclip.
  11. Englishwiki
  12. Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
  13. Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
  14. Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
  15. Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
  16. Medieval Latinalcoho
  17. Middle Englishalcofol
  18. Englishalcohol
  19. Englishalcoholism
  20. English todayWikiholism

From wiki + -holism.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.