English

pseudoaddict

From pseudo- + addict.

Ancient Greek ψεύδω ‘to lie’

Ancient Greek ψευδής ‘false, lying’

Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- ‘to point out, to show’

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Proto-Italic *deikō ‘to show, indicate’

Latin dīcō ‘say’

Latin addīcō ‘deliver’

Latin addictus ‘assigned, dedicated having been assigned’

Today it means

noun A person suffering from pseudoaddiction.

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

Etymograph / pseudoaddict