Etymology of the English word workaholic
the English word
workaholicusing the English suffix
-holicderived from the English word
workderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*werg-derived from the Proto-Germanic root
*werkanusing the English suffix
-aholicderived from 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
-icDate
The earliest known usage of workaholic in English dates from the 20th century.
Usage
Word found in Modern English
