Etymograph

English

consumptiveness

Consumptiveness 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. Englishtodayconsumptiveness1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English consumptiveness

Lineage

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

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

noun The state of being consumptive.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “consumptiveness”. 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.

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