Etymograph

English

consommé

Consommé comes from French consommer ‘to consume’, from Latin consummō ‘to sum up, amount to, finish’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *úp.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*úpreconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*upér‘above’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*super‘above’reconstructed
  4. Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*superos‘upper’reconstructed
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsuperus‘upper, higher’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsumma‘top, summit, highest point or place’superlative of superus
  7. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEconsummōas cōnsummāre‘to sum up, amount to, finish’
  8. Frenchc. 1600–presentconsommer‘to consume’
  9. French, derivedc. 1600–presentconsommé
  10. Englishearliest quotation 1922same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*úpreconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*upér‘above’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*super‘above’reconstructed
  4. Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*superos‘upper’reconstructed
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsuperus‘upper, higher’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsumma‘top, summit, highest point or place’superlative of superus
  7. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEconsummōas cōnsummāre‘to sum up, amount to, finish’
  8. Frenchc. 1600–presentconsommer‘to consume’
  9. French, derivedc. 1600–presentconsommé
  10. Englishearliest quotation 1922same form

Earliest quotation: 1922, Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room: “For after washing at the hotel at Patras, Jacob…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *upér ‘above’

over, superior, uber, supervise, 17 more

through Proto-Italic *super ‘above’

super, sovereign, soprano, 15 more

through Proto-Italic *superos ‘upper’

supra, 3 more

through Latin superus ‘upper, higher’

supreme, 5 more

through Latin summa ‘top, summit, highest point or place’

sum, summary, summa

through Latin consummō ‘to sum up, amount to, finish’

consummate

Today it means

noun a clear broth made from reduced meat or vegetable stock, served either hot as a soup or chilled as a jelly

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *úp / consommé

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