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Interrupt

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means to stop the continuous progress of an activity or speech
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Stage 1 of 2
interrumpere
Latin · ancient
"to break between"
to break between, from inter- (between) and rumpere (to break)
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Stage 2 of 2
interrupt
English · 1400s
"to break the continuity of an action or speech"
settled as the English word for breaking the continuity of something
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