myEtymology.com: French etymology of consumption

Etymology of the French word consumption

the French word consumption

derived from the Latin word consumptio (consumption, process of consuming or wearing away; wasting)

derived from the Latin word consumptus

derived from the Latin word consumere (burn up, destroy, kill; devour, swallow up, consume)

using the Latin prefix con- (together)

derived from the Latin prefix com-

derived from the Latin word cum (with)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kom (near, with, together)

derived from the Latin word sumere (accept; begin; suppose; take up; begin; suppose)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *em-