Where does “corrompre” come from?
corrompre (French) comes from Latin corrumpere, from Latin corrumpō, from Latin rumpō, from Proto-Indo-European Hrunépti, from Proto-Indo-European Hrewp-, from Proto-Indo-European Hrew- — to tear out, dig out, open, acquire.
corrompre (French): to corrupt, impair, deprave; to bribe
Definitions
- to corrupt, impair, deprave; to bribe
Ancestry of “corrompre”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | corrumpere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 2 | Latin | corrumpō | — |
| 3 | Latin | rumpō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | Hrunépti | to be breaking |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | Hrewp- | to break, tear |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | Hrew- | to tear out, dig out, open, acquire |
Words derived from “corrompre”