Etymograph

English

abruption

Abruption comes from Latin abruptio ‘a breaking or tearing (off or away)’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *Hrewp-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*Hrewp-‘to break, tear (up)’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*Hrunépti‘to be breaking’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErumpō‘break, burst, tear’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEabrumpo‘to break off’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEabruptio‘a breaking or tearing (off or away)’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1837abruption

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*Hrewp-‘to break, tear (up)’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*Hrunépti‘to be breaking’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErumpō‘break, burst, tear’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEabrumpo‘to break off’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEabruptio‘a breaking or tearing (off or away)’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1837abruption

Earliest quotation: 1837, Samuel Johnson: “By this abruption posterity lost more instruction than delight.”

Formed from abrupt + -ion

Latin abrumpō ‘break off’

Latin abruptus ‘broken off’

English abrupt

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *Hrewp- ‘to break, tear (up)’

route, rob, robbery, rover, robe, reaver, 21 more

through Proto-Indo-European *Hrunépti ‘to be breaking’

corruption, 5 more

through Latin rumpō ‘break, burst, tear’

corrupt, rout, disrupt, rupture, eruption, erupt, 9 more

Today it means

noun A sudden termination or interruption.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *Hrewp- / abruption

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