Etymology

postconsumerism

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Today it means: A value system that follows, and rejects or moves beyond, consumerism. Full definition →

English consumerism ← Middle English consumen ← Old French consumer
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*pós
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pósti
  3. Proto-Italic*posti
  4. Old Latinposte
  5. Latinpost
  6. Englishpost-
  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. Old Frenchconsumer
  23. Middle Englishconsumen
  24. Englishconsume
  25. Englishconsumer
  26. Englishconsumerism
  27. English todaypostconsumerism

From post- + consumerism.

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