English
absume
Absume comes from Latin absūmō ‘diminish’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEabsūmō‘diminish’
- Englishtodayabsume
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEabsūmō‘diminish’
- Englishtodayabsume
A compound of ab ‘from, away from’ + sūmō ‘take’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep
Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó ‘off, away’
Proto-Italic *ap ‘from, off, away’
Latin ab ‘from, away from’
Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- ‘to take’
Proto-Italic *emō ‘to take’
Latin sūmō ‘take’
Every English word from Latin absūmō
Today it means
verb To consume gradually; to waste away.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin absūmō / absume