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Erupt

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means to burst out suddenly and often violently, as a volcano does
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Stage 1 of 2
erumpere
Latin · ancient
"to break out"
to break out, from ex- (out) and rumpere (to break)
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Stage 2 of 2
erupt
English · 1650s
"to burst out suddenly and violently"
settled as the English word for bursting out suddenly and violently
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