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Where does “consume” come from?

consume (French) comes from French consumer, from Latin cōnsūmere.

consume (French): first-person singular present indicative of...

Definitions

  1. first-person singular present indicative of...

Ancestry of “consume”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchconsumerto consume; to use up; to consume
2Latincōnsūmere—
Every word from Latin cōnsūmere →