consumption的词源

英文词源

consumption (n.)

late 14c., "wasting of the body by disease; wasting disease" (replacing Old English yfeladl "the evil disease"), from Old French consumpcion, from Latin consumptionem (nominative consumptio) "a using up, wasting," noun of state from past participle stem of consumere (see consume). Meaning "the using up of material" is 1530s.

中文词源

consumption：消耗

来自consume, 消费，消耗。

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：consumption 词源，consumption 含义。

consumption：消费，消费量；肺病

词根词缀： con-共同 + -sumpt-拿,买 + -ion