Etymograph

English

Warcrack

Blend of warcraft + crack, in allusion to the addictiveness of crack cocaine.

A blend of warcraft + crack

Middle English werrecraft

English warcraft

Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂- ‘to resound; to cry hoarsely’

Proto-West Germanic *krakōn ‘to crack; to crackle’

Old English cracian ‘to resound; to crack’

Middle English crakken

English crack

Today it means

name The massively multiplayer online role-playing game World of Warcraft.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Warcrack