'addictive' originates from the Latin word 'addictivus', where 'addict-' meant 'bound to' or 'devoted to'.

'addictivus' transformed into the French word 'addictif', and eventually became the modern English word 'addictive'.

Initially, it meant 'bound to' or 'devoted to', but over time it evolved into its current meaning of 'causing addiction'.