Английский Этимологический словарь - addict

- 1534, "delivered, devoted," from L. addictus, pp. of addicere "deliver, yield, devote," from ad- "to" + dicere "say, declare," but also "adjudge, allot." Modern sense is really self-addicted "to give over or award (oneself) to someone or something." The noun is first recorded c.1909. Addiction in modern sense is first attested 1641.