Etymograph

English

overconsumption

Overconsumption comes from Latin cōnsūmptiō ‘consumption’, from cōnsūmō ‘to take wholly or completely’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁em-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁em-‘to take’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁émetireconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*emō‘to take’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEemō‘to buy, purchase’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsūmō‘to take, take up, catch, assume, seize, claim, arrogate’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōnsūmō‘to take wholly or completely’
  7. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōnsūmptiō‘consumption’
  8. Old Frenchc. 842–1400consumpcion
  9. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500consumpcioun
  10. English1500–presentconsumption
  11. Englishearliest quotation 2009overconsumption

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁em-‘to take’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁émetireconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*emō‘to take’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEemō‘to buy, purchase’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsūmō‘to take, take up, catch, assume, seize, claim, arrogate’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōnsūmō‘to take wholly or completely’
  7. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōnsūmptiō‘consumption’
  8. Old Frenchc. 842–1400consumpcion
  9. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500consumpcioun
  10. English1500–presentconsumption
  11. Englishearliest quotation 2009overconsumption

Earliest quotation: 2009, David E. Sanger, Rejecting Bush Era, Reclaiming Values: “It seemed a call to end an age of…”

A compound of over- + consumption

Proto-Indo-European *úp

Proto-Indo-European *upér ‘over’

Proto-Germanic *uber ‘over’

English over-

Latin sūmō ‘take; consume’

Latin cōnsūmō ‘to consume’

Latin cōnsūmptiō

Old French consumpcion

Middle English consumpcioun

English consumption

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- ‘to take’

exempt, pommel, pomade, 56 more

through Proto-Italic *emō ‘to take’

presume, 47 more

through Latin emō ‘to buy, purchase’

premium, ransom, redeem, redemption, exemption, emptor, preemption, 42 more

through Latin sūmō ‘to take, take up, catch, assume, seize, claim,…’

assume, resume, assumption, résumé, sumptuous, 33 more

through Latin cōnsūmō ‘to take wholly or completely’

consumer, consume, consumable, 21 more

Today it means

noun Excessive consumption.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- / overconsumption

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