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- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Italic*kom
- Proto-Italic*kom-
- Latincon-
- Proto-Indo-European*upó
- Proto-Italic*supo
- Latinsub
- Latinsub-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁em-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁émeti
- Proto-Italic*emō
- Latinemō
- Latinsūmō
- Latincōnsūmō
- Latincōnsūmptiō
- Old Frenchconsumpcion
- Middle Englishconsumpcioun
- English todayconsumption
From con- + Latin sūmptus + -ion, from Middle English consumpcioun, from Old French consumpcion, from Latin cōnsūmptiō, from cōnsūmō + -tiō, from con- (“with, together”) + sūmō (“take; consume”). Equivalent to consume + -tion.
Words from the same roots
Latinsūmptus all →
presumptionresumptionpresumptiveconsumptivesubsumptionassumptivesubsumptive
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.