Where does “abrupt” come from?
Abrupt comes from Latin abruptus, the past participle of abrumpere meaning "to break off," from ab- "away" and a root meaning "to break" descended from Proto-Indo-European Hrew-.
abrupt (English): Broken away; Without notice to prepare the mind...
Definitions
- Broken away; Without notice to prepare the mind...
Ancestry of “abrupt”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | abruptus | broken off, torn, severed, having been broken... |
| 2 | Latin | abrumpo | to break off something violently; rend, tear, sever |
| 3 | Latin | rumpo | I break, burst, tear, rend, rupture; break... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | rumpō | break, burst, tear |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | Hrunépti | to be breaking |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | Hrewp- | to break, tear |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | Hrew- | to tear out, dig out, open, acquire |