Latin

rumpō

‘break, burst, tear’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin rumpō.

16 English words in this record descend from Latin rumpō, most familiar first.

• corruption ← corruptiō ← corrumpō
• corrupt ← corrupten ← corruptus ← corrumpō
• disrupt ← disruptus ← disrumpo
• eruption ← eruptio ← erumpō
• rupture ← ruptūra
• rout ← route ← rompre
• erupt ← eruptus ← ērumpō
• abruption ← abruptio ← abrumpo
• irruption ← irruptio ← irrumpō
• erumpent ← ērumpēns ← ērumpō
• abruptio ← abrumpō
• corruptrix ← corrumpō

More words from rumpō

• diruption
• rompu
• roture
• ruption

Etymograph / Latin rumpō