Etymology

underconsumption

Today it means: Insufficient consumption (for financial stability). Full definition →

English consumption ← Middle English consumpcioun ← Old French consumpcion
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁entér
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂én
  4. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
  5. Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰí
  6. Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰér
  7. Proto-Germanic*under
  8. Proto-West Germanic*undar
  9. Old Englishunder-
  10. Middle Englishunder-
  11. Englishunder-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  13. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  14. Proto-Italic*kom
  15. Proto-Italic*kom-
  16. Latincon-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  18. Proto-Italic*supo
  19. Latinsub
  20. Latinsub-
  21. Proto-Indo-European*h₁em-
  22. Proto-Indo-European*h₁émeti
  23. Proto-Italic*emō
  24. Latinemō
  25. Latinsūmō
  26. Latincōnsūmō
  27. Latincōnsūmptiō
  28. Old Frenchconsumpcion
  29. Middle Englishconsumpcioun
  30. Englishconsumption
  31. English todayunderconsumption

From under- + consumption.

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