English
proruption
Proruption comes from Latin prorumpere ‘to break forth’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEprorumpere‘to break forth’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEproruptio
- Englishearliest quotation 1650proruption
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEprorumpere‘to break forth’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEproruptio
- Englishearliest quotation 1650proruption
Earliest quotation: 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […]: “Others ground this disruption upon their continued or protracted…”.
A compound of pro ‘forth’ + rumpere ‘to break’
Proto-Indo-European *pró ‘toward’
Proto-Italic *prō ‘for’
Latin pro ‘forth’
Proto-Indo-European *Hrewp- ‘break’
Proto-Indo-European *Hrunépti ~ *Hrumpénti
Proto-Italic *rumpō
Latin rumpō ‘to break’
Every English word from Latin prorumpere
Today it means
noun The act or state of bursting forth; a bursting out.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin prorumpere / proruption