Etymology

subsumption

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Today it means: The act of subsuming. Full definition →

Latin sūmptus
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromsūmptus
  2. English todaysubsumption

From sub- + Latin sūmptus + -ion, from past participle of sūmō (“to take”).

Words from the same roots

Latinsūmptus all →

consumptionpresumptionresumptionpresumptiveconsumptiveassumptivesubsumptive

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