sumo.
to take, take up, catch, assume, seize, claim, arrogate
Meaning & usage
to take, take up, catch, assume, seize, claim, arrogate
to undertake, begin, enter upon
to exact satisfaction, inflict punishment
to choose, select
to obtain, acquire, receive, get, take
to use, apply, employ, spend, consume
to adopt; borrow
to buy, purchase
to accept, presuppose, establish as a principle
to fascinate, charm
to put on
to take heart
Where this word comes from
Ultimately from Proto-Italic *emō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁em-. By surface analysis, sub + emō (“to buy, take”), with excrescent p in sūmpsī and sūmptum. According to Sihler, the term derives from earlier *susmō, from Proto-Italic *sups-(e)mō, from *emō. It is likely that this Latin term is related to Umbrian sumtu, although Buck argues that the Umbrian term cannot be explained from *sups-(e)mō. Instead, Buck suggests that the Umbrian term must derive from *sup(e)mō, which—according to Poultney—is the source for both the Umbrian and the Latin term. According to De Vaan, the perfect form sūmpsī is a later innovation that emerged because the term was no longer synchronically identifiable with emō. Sextus Pompeius Festus provides attestation for two additional perfect forms surēmi and surēmpsī. De Vaan suggests that these forms may derive from earlier Proto-Italic *suz-ēm-, itself from earlier *subs-ēm-. Alternatively, De Vaan proposes that these terms were remodeled after verbs such as suscipiō.
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