Where does “drinkathon” come from?

drinkathon (English) comes from English drink, from Middle English drink, from Old English drynċ, from Proto-West Germanic *drunki.

drinkathon (English): A prolonged session of drinking alcohol

Definitions

  1. A prolonged session of drinking alcohol

Ancestry of “drinkathon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdrinkTo consume through the mouth; To consume the...
2Middle Englishdrink—
3Old Englishdrynċdrink; draught
4Proto-West Germanic*drunki—
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *drunki →