Where does “rompdancado” come from?
rompdancado (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto rompi, from French rompre, from Middle French rompre, from Old French rompre, from Latin rumpere, from Latin rumpo, from Proto-Italic rumpō, from Proto-Indo-European Hrunépti — to tear out, dig out, open, acquire.
rompdancado (Esperanto): breakdancing
Definitions
- breakdancing
Ancestry of “rompdancado”, step by step
rompdancado traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto rompi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | rompi | to break; break up with |
| 2 | French | rompre | to break; to snap; break up |
| 3 | Middle French | rompre | to break |
| 4 | Old French | rompre | to break |
| 5 | Latin | rumpere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 6 | Latin | rumpo | I break, burst, tear, rend, rupture; break... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | rumpō | break, burst, tear |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | Hrunépti | to be breaking |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | Hrewp- | to break, tear |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | Hrew- | to tear out, dig out, open, acquire |
via English breakdancing
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | breakdancing | An urban style of acrobatic street dance that... |
| 2 | English | break | To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture... |
| 3 | Middle English | breken | to break |
| 4 | Old English | brecan | to break; to break into a place |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | brekan | to break |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | brekaną | to break |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰrēǵ- | to shine, shimmer |