overconsumption

See also: over-consumption

English

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-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *h₁émeti

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

overconsumption (usually uncountable, plural overconsumptions)

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 […]