Etymograph

English

Wikiholism

Wikiholism comes from English alcoholism.

  1. English1500–presentalcoholism
  2. EnglishtodayWikiholism

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history not traced here.

Lineage

  1. English1500–presentalcoholism
  2. EnglishtodayWikiholism

A compound of wiki + -holism

Proto-Polynesian *witi

Hawaiian wiki ‘to be swift, to be speedy, to be quick’

Hawaiian wikiwiki ‘quick’

English wiki

Today it means

noun An addiction to editing any of the various wikis.

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

Etymograph / English alcoholism / Wikiholism