Etymograph

English

consumption

Consumption comes from Middle English consumpcioun, from Old French consumpcion, from Latin cōnsūmptiō, from cōnsūmō ‘to consume’ (con- + sūmō ‘to take’).

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsūmō‘take; consume’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōnsūmō‘to consume’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōnsūmptiō
  4. Old Frenchc. 842–1400consumpcion
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500consumpcioun
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1763consumption

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsūmō‘take; consume’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōnsūmō‘to consume’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōnsūmptiō
  4. Old Frenchc. 842–1400consumpcion
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500consumpcioun
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1763consumption

Earliest quotation: 1763, Samuel Foote: “And then as to your ſcurvys, and gouts, rheumatiſms,…”

Formed from con-

Latin cum ‘with’

English con-

Linked words

through Latin sūmptus

sumptuous, presumption, presumptive, resumption, 5 more

Today it means

noun The act of eating, drinking or using.

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

Etymograph / Latin sūmō / consumption

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