Cooljugator Logo Get an English Tutor

consume

Looking for learning resources? Study with our courses! Get a full English course →

English word consume comes from Latin sumo

sumo (Latin)

I adopt; borrow.. I buy, purchase.. I choose, select.. I exact satisfaction, inflict punishment.. I fascinate, charm.. I obtain, acquire, receive, get, take.. I take, take up, assume; seize; claim, arrogate.. I undertake, begin, enter upon.. I use, apply, employ, spend, consume.

consumo (Latin)

(of food) I eat, consume, devour.. (of people) I waste, weaken, enervate.. (of time) I spend, consume, pass.. I consume, devour, waste, squander, use up; annihilate, destroy, bring to naught, kill.. I take wholly or completely.

consumer (Old French)

consume (English)

(intransitive, obsolete) To waste away slowly.. (transitive) To completely occupy the thoughts or attention of.. (transitive) To destroy completely.. (transitive) To eat.. (transitive) To use (without using up).. (transitive) To use up.

Further details about this page

LOCATION