Etymology

interrupt

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Today it means: To disturb or halt (an ongoing process or action, or the person performing it) by interfering suddenly, especially by speaking. Full definition →

Middle English interrupten ← Latin interruptus ← Proto-Indo-European *Hrunépti
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁n̥tér
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥ter
  4. Latininter
  5. Latininter-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*Hrew-?
  7. Proto-Indo-European*Hrewp-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*Hrunépti
  9. Latinrumpō
  10. Latininterrumpō
  11. Latininterruptus
  12. Middle Englishinterrupten
  13. English todayinterrupt

From Middle English interrupten, derived from Latin interruptus, past participle of interrumpere (“to break apart/off, interrupt”), from inter (“between”) + rumpere (“to break”).

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