Ruptures
/ˈrʌp.tʃərz/noun
Breaks, splits, or causes a separation, especially in a physical structure or relationship.
Did you know?The Latin verb rumpere, meaning “to break,” produced a remarkably wide English family of words describing sudden breaks, including rupture, abrupt, corrupt, and interrupt.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*reup-
“To tear, break, or wrench apart”
Classical Latin
Latin
rumpere
“To break, burst, or violate”
Classical Latin
Latin
ruptura
“A breaking or fracture”
Medieval Latin
Latin
ruptura
“A breach, fracture, or breaking”
14th Century
Old French
rupture
“A breaking or fracture”
15th Century
English
rupture
“A break or breach; later, a bodily hernia”
Modern English
English
ruptures
“Breaks, splits, or separations”