Etymograph

English

consumption

Consumption comes from Middle English consumpcioun, from Old French consumpcion, from Latin cōnsūmptiō, from cōnsūmō ‘to consume’ (con- + sūmō ‘to take’).

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsūmō1‘take; consume’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōnsūmō1‘to consume’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōnsūmptiō1
  4. Old Frenchc. 842–1400consumpcion1
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500consumpcioun1
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1763consumption1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English consumption
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1763, Samuel Foote: “And then as to your ſcurvys, and gouts, rheumatiſms,…”.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsūmōWiktionary, English consumption‘take; consume’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōnsūmōWiktionary, English consumption‘to consume’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōnsūmptiōWiktionary, English consumption
  4. Old Frenchc. 842–1400consumpcionWiktionary, English consumption
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500consumpciounWiktionary, English consumption
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1763consumptionWiktionary, English consumption. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1763, Samuel Foote: “And then as to your ſcurvys, and gouts, rheumatiſms,…”

Word family

English words that share an ancestor with consumption, grouped by the ancestor they share, most familiar first.

through Latin sūmptus

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Today it means

noun The act of eating, drinking or using.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “consumption”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Latin sūmō / consumption