| 1 | English | abrupt | Broken away; Without notice to prepare the mind... |
| 2 | Latin | abruptus | broken off, torn, severed, having been broken... |
| 3 | Latin | abrumpo | I break off something ; rend, tear, sever; I cut... |
| 4 | Latin | rumpo | I break, burst, tear, rend, rupture; break... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | rumpō | break, burst, tear |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | Hrunépti | to be breaking |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | Hrewp- | to break, tear |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | Hrew- | to tear out, dig out, open, acquire |