overconsumption

overconsumption

See also: over-consumption

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *-er
Proto-Indo-European *upér
Proto-Germanic *uber
Old English ofer-
Middle English over-
English over-
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Latin con-
Proto-Indo-European *upó
Proto-Italic *supo
Latin sub
Latin sub-
Proto-Indo-European *h₁em-der.
Proto-Italic *emō
Latin emō
Latin sūmō
Latin cōnsūmō
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin cōnsūmptiōder.
Old French consumpcionbor.
Middle English consumpcioun
English consumption
English overconsumption

    From over- + consumption.

    Pronunciation

    • Rhymes: -ʌmpʃən

    Noun

    overconsumption (usually uncountable, plural overconsumptions)

    1. Excessive consumption.
      • 2009 January 21, David E. Sanger, “Rejecting Bush Era, Reclaiming Values”, in New York Times‎[1]:
        It seemed a call to end an age of overconsumption […]

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