Etymograph

English

consumptional

Consumptional comes from Latin cōnsūmptiō ‘consumption’, from cōnsūmō ‘to take wholly or completely’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁em-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁em-1‘to take’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁émeti1reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*emō1‘to take’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEemō1‘to buy, purchase’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsūmō1‘to take, take up, catch, assume, seize, claim, arrogate’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōnsūmō1‘to take wholly or completely’
  7. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōnsūmptiō1‘consumption’
  8. Old Frenchc. 842–1400consumpcion1
  9. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500consumpcioun1
  10. English1500–presentconsumption1
  11. Englishearliest quotation 1915consumptional1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English consumptional
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1915, Missouri. State Dept. of Agriculture, Bulletin: “All these things, after all, mean only an increase…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁em-Wiktionary, English consumptional‘to take’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁émetiWiktionary, English consumptionalreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*emōWiktionary, English consumptional‘to take’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEemōWiktionary, English consumptional‘to buy, purchase’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsūmōWiktionary, English consumptional‘to take, take up, catch, assume, seize, claim, arrogate’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōnsūmōWiktionary, English consumptional‘to take wholly or completely’
  7. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōnsūmptiōWiktionary, English consumptional‘consumption’
  8. Old Frenchc. 842–1400consumpcionWiktionary, English consumptional
  9. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500consumpciounWiktionary, English consumptional
  10. English1500–presentconsumptionWiktionary, English consumptional
  11. Englishearliest quotation 1915consumptionalWiktionary, English consumptional. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1915, Missouri. State Dept. of Agriculture, Bulletin: “All these things, after all, mean only an increase…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- ‘to take’

exempt, pommel, pomade, 55 more

through Proto-Italic *emō ‘to take’

presume, 46 more

through Latin emō ‘to buy, purchase’

premium, ransom, redeem, redemption, exemption, emptor, preemption, 41 more

through Latin sūmō ‘to take, take up, catch, assume, seize, claim,…’

assume, resume, assumption, sumptuous, 34 more

through Latin cōnsūmō ‘to take wholly or completely’

consumable, 22 more

through English consumption

overconsumption, 8 more

Today it means

adj Relating to consumption.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “consumptional”. 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 / Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- / consumptional

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