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sumo

Pronunciation: [ˈsuː.moː]

“sumo” is a Latin word. Its 12 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to take, take up, catch, assume, seize, claim, arrogate
  2. to undertake, begin, enter upon
  3. to exact satisfaction, inflict punishment
  4. to choose, select
  5. to obtain, acquire, receive, get, take
  6. to use, apply, employ, spend, consume
  7. to adopt; borrow
  8. to buy, purchase
  9. to accept, presuppose, establish as a principle
  10. to fascinate, charm
  11. to put on
  12. to take heart

Etymology

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…

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