Etymology

ruption

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Today it means: A breaking or bursting open; breach; rupture. Full definition →

Latin ruptio
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromruptio
  2. English todayruption

Borrowed from Latin ruptio, from rumpere, ruptum (“to break”).

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