Etymograph

English

sumption

Sumption comes from Latin sumptio, from sumo ‘to take’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁em-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁em-1‘to take’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*emō1‘to take’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsumo2‘to take’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsumptio2
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1653sumption2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin sumo, which cites Buck
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English sumption
  3. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1653, The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor: “Now St. Clement, proving by Christ's sumption of the…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁em-Wiktionary, Latin sumo, which cites Buck‘to take’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*emōWiktionary, Latin sumo, which cites Buck‘to take’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsumoWiktionary, English sumption‘to take’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsumptioWiktionary, English sumption
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1653sumptionWiktionary, English sumption. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1653, The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor: “Now St. Clement, proving by Christ's sumption of the…”

Linked words

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

exempt, pommel, pomade, 56 more

through Proto-Italic *emō ‘to take’

premium, ransom, redeem, presume, redemption, exemption, emptor, preemption, 47 more

through Latin sumo ‘to take’

assume, consumer, resume, consume, consumable, 35 more

Today it means

noun A taking.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “sumption”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin sumo. 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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