chessaholic

C3H4E1S1S1A1H4O1L1I1C3

noun

A person who loves chess.

OriginEnglish alcoholic ← Middle English alcofol ← Medieval Latin alcoho →
Scrabble 21
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounchessaholic (plural chessaholics)

plural chessaholics

  1. rareA person who loves chess.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*tek-
  2. Proto-Indo-Iranian*kšáyati
  3. Proto-Iranian*xšáyati
  4. Old Persian𐏋 (XŠ)
  5. Middle Persian𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (mlkʾ /⁠šāh⁠/)
  6. Classical Persianشاه (šāh)
  7. Arabicشَاه (šāh)
  8. Old Frencheschés
  9. Middle Englishches
  10. Englishchess
  11. Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
  12. Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
  13. Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
  14. Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
  15. Medieval Latinalcoho
  16. Middle Englishalcofol
  17. Englishalcohol
  18. Englishalcoholic
  19. Englishchessaholic

From chess + -aholic.

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

chessaholic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chessaholic

MLA

“chessaholic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chessaholic. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chessaholic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chessaholic.

Source: chessaholic on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.