Etymology

prosumer

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Today it means: A person in postindustrial society who combines the economic roles of producer and consumer. Full definition →

English consumer ← Middle English consumen ← Old French consumer
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prosumer · noun1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pér
  3. Proto-Indo-European*pró
  4. Proto-Indo-European*pro-
  5. Proto-Italic*pro-
  6. Latinprō-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*dewk-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*déwkti
  9. Proto-Italic*doukō
  10. Latindūcō
  11. Latinprōdūcō
  12. Middle Englishproduce
  13. Englishproduce
  14. Englishproducer
  15. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  16. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  17. Proto-Italic*kom
  18. Proto-Italic*kom-
  19. Latincon-
  20. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  21. Proto-Italic*supo
  22. Latinsub
  23. Latinsub-
  24. Proto-Indo-European*h₁em-
  25. Proto-Indo-European*h₁émeti
  26. Proto-Italic*emō
  27. Latinemō
  28. Latinsūmō
  29. Latincōnsūmō
  30. Old Frenchconsumer
  31. Middle Englishconsumen
  32. Englishconsume
  33. Englishconsumer
  34. English todayprosumer

Blend of producer + consumer, coined by futurologist Alvin Toffler in his book The Third Wave (1980). Concept based on suggestion by Marshall McLuhan and Barrington Nevitt in their 1972 book Take Today (p. 4) that consumers would take on producer roles in mass customization.

prosumer · adjective, noun2

  1. Englishprofessional
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  4. Proto-Italic*kom
  5. Proto-Italic*kom-
  6. Latincon-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  8. Proto-Italic*supo
  9. Latinsub
  10. Latinsub-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₁em-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₁émeti
  13. Proto-Italic*emō
  14. Latinemō
  15. Latinsūmō
  16. Latincōnsūmō
  17. Old Frenchconsumer
  18. Middle Englishconsumen
  19. Englishconsume
  20. Englishconsumer
  21. English todayprosumer

Blend of professional + consumer.

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