English
consumable
Consumable comes from Latin cōnsūmō ‘to take wholly or completely’, from emō ‘to buy, purchase’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- ‘to take’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁em-‘to take’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁émetireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*emō‘to take’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEemō‘to buy, purchase’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsūmō‘to take, take up, catch, assume, seize, claim, arrogate’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōnsūmō‘to take wholly or completely’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400consumer
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500consumen
- English1500–presentconsume
- Englishearliest quotation 1991consumable
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
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- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁em-‘to take’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁émetireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*emō‘to take’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEemō‘to buy, purchase’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsūmō‘to take, take up, catch, assume, seize, claim, arrogate’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōnsūmō‘to take wholly or completely’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400consumer
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500consumen
- English1500–presentconsume
- Englishearliest quotation 1991consumable
Earliest quotation: 1991, Gayle Greene: “Atwood's Edible Woman offers a brilliant analysis of woman…”
A compound of consume + -able
Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- ‘to take, distribute’
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Latin sūmō ‘take’
Latin cōnsūmō ‘to take wholly or completely’
Old French consumer
Middle English consumen
English consume
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- ‘to take’
exempt, pommel, pomade, 58 more
through Proto-Italic *emō ‘to take’
through Latin emō ‘to buy, purchase’
premium, redemption, redeem, exemption, ransom, preemption, emptor, 44 more
through Latin sūmō ‘to take, take up, catch, assume, seize, claim,…’
assume, resume, assumption, sumptuous, résumé, 35 more
through Latin cōnsūmō ‘to take wholly or completely’
Today it means
adj That is consumed or depleted upon use.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- / consumable