Etymograph

English

erumpent

Erumpent comes from Latin ērumpēns ‘breaking or bursting out (of)’, 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’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEērumpō‘break forth’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEērumpēns‘breaking or bursting out (of)’present active participle of ērumpō
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1989erumpent

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’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEērumpō‘break forth’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEērumpēns‘breaking or bursting out (of)’present active participle of ērumpō
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1989erumpent

Earliest quotation: 1989, Nick Cave: “The sun spun aloft, an erumpent orb of balling…”

Linked words

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

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

through Latin rumpō ‘break, burst’

corruption, corrupt, disrupt, rupture, rout, 8 more

through Latin ērumpō ‘break forth’

eruption, erupt

Today it means

adj That emerges, or bursts through; breaking forth.

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

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

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