Etymology of the English word alcoholic
the English word
alcoholicderived from the English word
alcoholderived from the Latin word
alcohol (alcohol)
derived from the Arabic word
al-kuhlderived from the Arabic word
al-kuḥlusing the Arabic prefix
al-derived from the Classical Arabic word
kuḥlusing the English suffix
-icDerivations in English
alcoholicity,
nonalcoholic,
-aholicUsage
Word found in Modern English