Etymograph

English

coconsumption

Coconsumption comes from Latin cōnsūmptiō ‘consumption’, from cōnsūmō ‘to take wholly or completely’, 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 CEcōnsūmō‘to take wholly or completely’
  7. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōnsūmptiō‘consumption’
  8. Old Frenchc. 842–1400consumpcion
  9. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500consumpcioun
  10. English1500–presentconsumption
  11. Englishtodaycoconsumption

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 CEcōnsūmō‘to take wholly or completely’
  7. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōnsūmptiō‘consumption’
  8. Old Frenchc. 842–1400consumpcion
  9. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500consumpcioun
  10. English1500–presentconsumption
  11. Englishtodaycoconsumption

A compound of co- + consumption

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm ‘beside, near, by, with’

Proto-Italic *kom ‘with, along, at’

Proto-Italic *kom- ‘together’

English co-

Latin sūmō ‘take; consume’

Latin cōnsūmō ‘to consume’

Latin cōnsūmptiō

Old French consumpcion

Middle English consumpcioun

English consumption

Linked words

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

exempt, pommel, pomade, 55 more

through Proto-Italic *emō ‘to take’

presume, 46 more

through Latin emō ‘to buy, purchase’

premium, redeem, ransom, redemption, exemption, emptor, preemption, 41 more

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

assume, resume, assumption, résumé, sumptuous, 32 more

through Latin cōnsūmō ‘to take wholly or completely’

consumer, consume, consumable, 20 more

through English consumption

overconsumption, 8 more

Today it means

noun The simultaneous consumption of two or more things

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

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