consumptional

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adjective

Relating to consumption.

OriginProto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← English consumption ← Middle English consumpcioun →
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Meanings

adjectiveconsumptional (not comparable)
  1. not comparableRelating to consumption.

    All these things, after all, mean only an increase in the consumptional knowledge of the individual. A man's consumptional knowledge may be very great while his productional and distributional knowledge is very small.

    1915, Missouri. State Dept. of Agriculture, Bulletin, page 47

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincon-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  7. Proto-Italic*supo
  8. Latinsub
  9. Latinsub-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₁em-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₁émeti
  12. Proto-Italic*emō
  13. Latinemō
  14. Latinsūmō
  15. Latincōnsūmō
  16. Latincōnsūmptiō
  17. Old Frenchconsumpcion
  18. Middle Englishconsumpcioun
  19. Englishconsumption
  20. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  21. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  22. Englishconsumptional

From consumption + -al.

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APA

consumptional. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/consumptional

MLA

“consumptional.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/consumptional. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “consumptional,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/consumptional.

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