English
consumeless
Consumeless 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 1634consumeless
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- 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 1634consumeless
Earliest quotation: 1634, Francis Quarles, Emblems: “How the purple waves / Scald their consumeless bodies.”
A compound of consume + -less
Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- ‘to take, distribute’
…
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, pomade, pommel, 57 more
through Proto-Italic *emō ‘to take’
through Latin emō ‘to buy, purchase’
premium, redemption, redeem, ransom, exemption, preemption, emptor, 43 more
through Latin sūmō ‘to take, take up, catch, assume, seize, claim,…’
assume, assumption, resume, sumptuous, résumé, 34 more
through Latin cōnsūmō ‘to take wholly or completely’
through English consume
Today it means
adj indestructible; not able to be consumed or used up.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- / consumeless