Etymology

over-consumption

Today it means: An excessive level of consumption 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-Germanic*uber
  4. Old Englishofer-
  5. Middle Englishover-
  6. Englishover-
  7. Latincōnsūmptiō
  8. Old Frenchconsumpcion
  9. Middle Englishconsumpcioun
  10. Englishconsumption
  11. English todayover-consumption

From over- + consumption.

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