Etymograph

English

consumptively

Consumptively comes from Latin cōnsūmptus ‘consumed, devoured, having been consumed’, 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 CEcōnsūmptus1‘consumed, devoured, having been consumed’
  8. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500consumptive1
  9. English1500–presentconsumptive1
  10. Englishtodayconsumptively1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English consumptively

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁em-Wiktionary, English consumptively‘to take’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁émetiWiktionary, English consumptivelyreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*emōWiktionary, English consumptively‘to take’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEemōWiktionary, English consumptively‘to buy, purchase’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsūmōWiktionary, English consumptively‘to take, take up, catch, assume, seize, claim, arrogate’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōnsūmōWiktionary, English consumptively‘to take wholly or completely’
  7. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōnsūmptusWiktionary, English consumptively‘consumed, devoured, having been consumed’
  8. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500consumptiveWiktionary, English consumptively
  9. English1500–presentconsumptiveWiktionary, English consumptively
  10. EnglishtodayconsumptivelyWiktionary, English consumptively

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, preemption, emptor, 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, overconsumption, 22 more

Today it means

adv In a consumptive manner.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “consumptively”. 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- / consumptively

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