Where does “corruttrice” come from?
corruttrice (Italian) comes from Italian corruttore, from Latin corruptor, from Latin corruptus, 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.
corruttrice (Italian): female equivalent of corruttore
Definitions
- female equivalent of corruttore
Ancestry of “corruttrice”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | corruttore | briber; corrupter, corruptor |
| 2 | Latin | corruptor | corrupter, misleader, seducer, briber |
| 3 | Latin | corruptus | perverted, corrupted; spoiled; contaminated |
| 4 | Latin | corrumpō | to pervert, corrupt, deprave or infect |
| 5 | Latin | rumpō | to break, burst, tear, rend, rupture; break asunder, force open |
| 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 |