Etymograph

English

resumption

Resumption comes from Latin sūmptus.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsūmptus1
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2011resumption1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English resumption
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2011, Phil McNulty, Man City 2 - 0 Bayern Munich: “And that supremacy was confirmed six minutes after the…”.

Earlier history not traced here. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsūmptusWiktionary, English resumption
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2011resumptionWiktionary, English resumption. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2011, Phil McNulty, Man City 2 - 0 Bayern Munich: “And that supremacy was confirmed six minutes after the…”

Linked words

through Latin sūmptus

consumption, sumptuous, presumptive, consumptive, 5 more

Today it means

noun The act of resuming or starting something again.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “resumption”. 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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