Meaning

noun the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)

noun involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body

noun (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing

originEtymology tree 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…

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