'addictiveness' originates from the Latin word 'addictus,' where 'ad-' meant 'toward' and 'dicere' meant 'to say or declare.'

'addictus' transformed into the English word 'addict,' and eventually became the modern English word 'addictiveness.'

Initially, it meant 'to declare or assign,' but over time it evolved into its current meaning of 'the quality of being addictive.'