Etymograph

English

consumptive

Consumptive comes from Latin sūmptus.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsūmptus
  2. Englishearliest quotation a. 1701consumptive

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history not traced here.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsūmptus
  2. Englishearliest quotation a. 1701consumptive

Earliest quotation: a. 1701, John Dryden, The Latter Part of the Fourth Book of Lucretius; Concerning : “The lean, conſumptive, wench, with coughs decay'd, / Is…”

Formed from con-

Latin cum ‘with’

English con-

Linked words

through Latin sūmptus

presumption, sumptuous, resumption, presumptive, 5 more

Today it means

adj Having a tendency to consume; dissipating; destructive; wasteful.

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

Etymograph / Latin sūmptus / consumptive

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