Meanings
nounWebaholic (plural Webaholics)
plural Webaholics
- informalA person who is addicted to the World Wide Web.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*weyh₁-?
- Proto-Indo-European*wiHrós
- Proto-Germanic*weraz
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂életi
- Proto-Germanic*alaną
- Proto-Germanic*aldiz
- Proto-Germanic*weraldiz
- Proto-West Germanic*weraldi
- Old Englishweorold
- Middle Englishworld
- Englishworld
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁weydʰh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁weydʰh₁ós
- Proto-Germanic*wīdaz
- Old Englishwīd
- Englishwide
- Englishworldwide
- Proto-Indo-European*webʰ-
- Proto-Germanic*webaną
- Proto-Germanic*wabją
- Old Englishwebb
- Middle Englishweb
- Englishweb
- EnglishWorld Wide Webellip.
- EnglishWeb
- Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
- Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
- Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
- Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
- Medieval Latinalcoho
- Middle Englishalcofol
- Englishalcohol
- Englishalcoholic
- EnglishWebaholic
From Web + -holic.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
APA
Webaholic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Webaholic
MLA
“Webaholic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Webaholic. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Webaholic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Webaholic.
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