English
irrupt
Irrupt comes from Latin irruptus ‘intruded’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *Hrewp- ‘to break, tear (up)’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*Hrewp-‘to break, tear (up)’next step skipped: Latin irrumpō
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEirruptus‘intruded’
- Englishearliest quotation 2015irrupt
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*Hrewp-‘to break, tear (up)’next step skipped: Latin irrumpō
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEirruptus‘intruded’
- Englishearliest quotation 2015irrupt
Earliest quotation: 2015, Bill Brown, Other Things: “Above all, though, I look back into a modernity…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *Hrewp- ‘to break, tear (up)’
route, rob, robbery, rover, corruption, robe, corrupt, rout, disrupt, eruption, rupture, erupt, reaver, 21 more
Today it means
verb To break into.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *Hrewp- / irrupt