Disrupt
/dɪsˈrʌpt/noun
To interrupt the normal course of something; to throw into disorder.
Did you know?It comes from Latin *disrumpere*, a forceful verb built from *dis-* (“apart”) + *rumpere* (“to break”), the same ancient root behind words like rupture and corrupt.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*reup-
“to break, burst”
Latin
Latin
rumpere
“to break, burst, shatter”
Latin
Latin
disrumpere
“to break apart, burst asunder”
Middle French
Old French
disrupter
“to break apart, interrupt”
Late Middle English
English
disrupte
“to break up, split apart”
Modern English
English
disrupt
“to interrupt the normal course of something; to throw into disorder”