disrupt

Where does the word "disrupt" come from? It comes from Latin disrumpere, and was adopted directly into English (1600s).

Disrupt’s story begins in Latin: disrumpere meant “to break apart.” To break apart, from dis- (apart) and rumpere (to break). It reached English by 1600s as disrupt. Settled as the English word for disturbing the normal course of something. Today, disrupt means to disturb or interrupt the normal course or continuity of something.

1. Stage 1 · Latin · ancient disrumpere "to break apart", to break apart, from dis- (apart) and rumpere (to break).
2. Stage 2 · English · 1600s disrupt "to disturb the normal course or continuity of something", settled as the English word for disturbing the normal course of something.