Etymograph

English

assumption

Assumption comes from Latin assūmptiō ‘a taking up (into heaven)’, from assūmō ‘to take up, receive, adopt, accept, or assume’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁em-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁em-‘to take’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁émetireconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*emō‘to take’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEemō‘to buy, purchase’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsūmō‘to take, take up, catch, assume, seize, claim, arrogate’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEassūmō‘to take up, receive, adopt, accept, or assume’
  7. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEassūmptiō‘a taking up (into heaven)’
  8. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500assumpcioun
  9. Englishearliest quotation 1528assumption

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁em-‘to take’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁émetireconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*emō‘to take’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEemō‘to buy, purchase’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsūmō‘to take, take up, catch, assume, seize, claim, arrogate’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEassūmō‘to take up, receive, adopt, accept, or assume’
  7. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEassūmptiō‘a taking up (into heaven)’
  8. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500assumpcioun
  9. Englishearliest quotation 1528assumption

Earliest quotation: 1528, William Tyndale other wise Called William Hychins vnto the R: “Of vvhat texte thou proveſt hell / vvill a…”

Formed from -ion

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- ‘to take’

exempt, pommel, pomade, 57 more

through Proto-Italic *emō ‘to take’

presume, 48 more

through Latin emō ‘to buy, purchase’

premium, ransom, redeem, redemption, exemption, emptor, preemption, 42 more

through Latin sūmō ‘to take, take up, catch, assume, seize, claim,…’

consumer, resume, consume, résumé, sumptuous, consumable, overconsumption, 34 more

Today it means

noun The act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself; the act of taking up or adopting.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- / assumption

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