What is the orgin of the word “consumption”? All the definitions I’ve found listed a link to TB. But I once read that it had to do with alcohol. Does anyone know?
The OED attributes the word to the Latin word “consumption” which comes from the Latin verb “consumere”, which means “to consume”.
Definition 4a in the OED deals with the disease of that name
The first reference to this usage is given for the year 1398.