Eruption
/ɪˈrʌp.ʃən/noun
A sudden bursting out or outflow, especially of lava, gas, or emotion.
Did you know?Eruption comes from Latin erumpere, meaning “to break out,” and the same ancient root behind it also lives in words like corrupt and rupture—language for things that break, split, or burst open.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*reup-
“to break, burst”
Latin
Latin
rumpere
“to break, burst”
Latin
Latin
erumpere
“to break out, burst forth”
Late Latin
Latin
eruptio
“a breaking out, outburst”
Middle French
Old French
eruption
“eruption, outburst”
Modern English
English
eruption
“a sudden bursting out or outflow”