Where does “rotura” come from?
rotura (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese routura, from Latin ruptura, from Latin rumpo, from Proto-Italic rumpō, from Proto-Indo-European Hrunépti, from Proto-Indo-European Hrewp-, from Proto-Indo-European Hrew- — to tear out, dig out, open, acquire.
rotura (Portuguese): rupture; breakage; rent, crack
Definitions
- rupture; breakage; rent, crack
Ancestry of “rotura”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Portuguese | routura | — |
| 2 | Latin | ruptura | breaking or breaking off of a limb; fracture,... |
| 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 |