Etymology

over-consumerism

Today it means: Excessive consumerism. Full definition →

English consumerism ← Middle English consumen ← Old French consumer
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Germanic*uber
  4. Old Englishofer-
  5. Middle Englishover-
  6. Englishover-
  7. Latincōnsūmō
  8. Old Frenchconsumer
  9. Middle Englishconsumen
  10. Englishconsume
  11. Englishconsumer
  12. Englishconsumerism
  13. English todayover-consumerism

From over- + consumerism.

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