addict
English
/ˈæ.dɪkt/, /əˈ.dɪkt/
noun
Definitions
- A person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
- An adherent or fan (of something)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin addictus root from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (point out, show, point, teach, instruct).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*deyḱ-
Gloss
point out, show, point, teach, instruct
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
教
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- addicting English
- addictingly English
- addiction English
- addictionlike English
- addictionology English
- addictlike English
- addictologist English
- addictology English
- antiaddiction English
- coaddict English
- cyberaddict English
- cyberaddiction English
- deaddiction English
- dictation English
- indicate English
- indicative English
- indict English
- multi-addiction English
- non-addicting English
- nonaddict English
- nonaddicting English
- polyaddiction English
- predicament English
- pseudoaddiction English
- readdict English
- readdicting English
- readdiction English
- token English
- valedictorian English
- vengeance English
- vindictive English
- abdicātiō Latin
- abdicātus Latin
- addictio, addictionem Latin
- addictus Latin
- contradictus, contradict- Latin
- dictator Latin
- dictio, dictiō, dictiōnis Latin
- dictionarius Latin
- dictiō Latin
- dictiōnem Latin
- dicto Latin
- dictum Latin
- dictātor Latin
- dictātus Latin
- dēdicātiō, dedicatio Latin
- dēdicātus Latin
- dīcō Latin
- dīcō, dīcere, dico Latin
- index Latin
- indicātiō Latin
- indicō Latin
- interdīcō Latin
- praedictionis, praedictio Latin
- praedicāre Latin
- praedicātum Latin
- praedīcere Latin
- valedīcere Latin
- addetto Italian
- addict French
- adicto Spanish, Castilian
- δίκαιος Ancient Greek
- δείκνυμι Ancient Greek
- δειγματίζω Ancient Greek
- δεῖγμα Ancient Greek
- δεῖξις Ancient Greek
- δικαίωμα Ancient Greek
- δικαιοσύνη Ancient Greek
- δικαιόω Ancient Greek
- παράδειγμα Ancient Greek
- παραδείκνυμι Ancient Greek
- ἀποδείκνυμι Ancient Greek
- ἀπόδειξις Ancient Greek
- ἐπίδειξις Ancient Greek
- ὑποδείκνυμι Ancient Greek
- *deyǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *deyḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *díḱeh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *dḗyḱst Proto-Indo-European
- *swé Proto-Indo-European
- adicto Portuguese
- *taihwō Proto-Germanic
- *taihwǭ Proto-Germanic
- *taikijaną Proto-Germanic
- *taiknaz Proto-Germanic
- *taikną Proto-Germanic
- *tīhaną Proto-Germanic
- tecken Swedish
- tācnian Old English
- आदेश Sanskrit
- दिशा Sanskrit
- देश Sanskrit
- निर्देश Sanskrit
- toknen Middle English
- bjannak Old Norse
- dikt Old Norse
- diktan Old Norse
- tá Old Norse
- edit Old French
- addicte Catalan, Valencian
- देशभाषा Hindi
- देशी Hindi
- विदेश Hindi
- adik Cebuano
- adis Cebuano
- dull Welsh
- addiction Norman
- adik Tagalog
- nakakaadik Tagalog
- *dayćás Proto-Indo-Iranian
- teken Low German
- token
- indict
- readdict
- coaddict
- indicate
- vengeance
- nonaddict
- dictation
- addicting
- addiction
- vindictive
- indicative
- addictlike
- readdiction
- addictology
- readdicting
- predicament
- cyberaddict
- deaddiction
- addictingly
- nonaddicting
- addictionlike
- polyaddiction
- non-addicting
- valedictorian
- antiaddiction
- addictologist
- cyberaddiction
- addictionology
- pseudoaddiction
- multi-addiction