Etymograph

English

resumption

Resumption comes from Latin sūmptus.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsūmptus
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2011resumption

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history not traced here.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsūmptus
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2011resumption

Earliest quotation: 2011, Phil McNulty, Man City 2 - 0 Bayern Munich: “And that supremacy was confirmed six minutes after the…”

Formed from re-

Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’

English re-

Linked words

through Latin sūmptus

consumption, sumptuous, presumptive, consumptive, 5 more

Today it means

noun The act of resuming or starting something again.

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

Etymograph / Latin sūmptus / resumption