Etymology

hyperconsumption

Today it means: Excessive consumption of goods (as a sociological phenomenon). Full definition →

English consumption ← Middle English consumpcioun ← Old French consumpcion
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Hellenic*hupér
  4. Ancient Greekῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér)
  5. Ancient Greekῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)
  6. Englishhyper-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  8. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  9. Proto-Italic*kom
  10. Proto-Italic*kom-
  11. Latincon-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  13. Proto-Italic*supo
  14. Latinsub
  15. Latinsub-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*h₁em-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*h₁émeti
  18. Proto-Italic*emō
  19. Latinemō
  20. Latinsūmō
  21. Latincōnsūmō
  22. Latincōnsūmptiō
  23. Old Frenchconsumpcion
  24. Middle Englishconsumpcioun
  25. Englishconsumption
  26. English todayhyperconsumption

From hyper- + consumption.

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