English
overconsume
Overconsume 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 2007overconsume
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 2007overconsume
Earliest quotation: 2007, The Fed's Empty Gun: “I feel that Americans overborrow and overconsume.”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- ‘to take’
exempt, pommel, pomade, 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 English consume
Today it means
verb To consume too much.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- / overconsume