Etymograph

English

nonconsumptive

Nonconsumptive 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. Englishtodaynonconsumptive1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English nonconsumptive

Lineage

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

Linked words

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

exempt, pommel, pomade, 53 more

through Proto-Italic *emō ‘to take’

presume, 44 more

through Latin emō ‘to buy, purchase’

premium, ransom, redeem, redemption, exemption, preemption, emptor, 39 more

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

assume, resume, assumption, sumptuous, 32 more

through Latin cōnsūmō ‘to take wholly or completely’

consumer, consume, consumable, overconsumption, 20 more

Today it means

adj That does not consume a resource.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “nonconsumptive”. 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- / nonconsumptive

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