English
Wikiholic
Wikiholic comes from English alcoholic.
- English1500–presentalcoholic
- Englishearliest quotation 2005Wikiholic
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- English1500–presentalcoholic
- Englishearliest quotation 2005Wikiholic
Earliest quotation: 2005, Karen Lofstrom, Peeve: Iranian Shi'a: “I'm a Wikipedia editor. A Wikiholic. I have some…”
A compound of wiki + -holic
Proto-Polynesian *witi
Hawaiian wiki ‘to be swift, to be speedy, to be quick’
Hawaiian wikiwiki ‘quick’
English wiki
Linked words
through English alcoholic
Today it means
noun Someone who is addicted to editing Wikipedia or another wiki.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / English alcoholic / Wikiholic