Etymology

metaconsumption

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Today it means: The consumption of a process of consumption, rather than of an actual work or product. Full definition →

English consumption ← Middle English consumpcioun ← Old French consumpcion
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*me
  2. Proto-Indo-European*meth₂?
  3. Ancient Greekμετᾰ́ (metắ)
  4. Ancient Greekμετᾰ- (metă-)
  5. Englishmeta-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  8. Proto-Italic*kom
  9. Proto-Italic*kom-
  10. Latincon-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  12. Proto-Italic*supo
  13. Latinsub
  14. Latinsub-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₁em-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*h₁émeti
  17. Proto-Italic*emō
  18. Latinemō
  19. Latinsūmō
  20. Latincōnsūmō
  21. Latincōnsūmptiō
  22. Old Frenchconsumpcion
  23. Middle Englishconsumpcioun
  24. Englishconsumption
  25. English todaymetaconsumption

From meta- + consumption.

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