Interrupt

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late Middle English: from Latin interrupt- ‘broken, interrupted’, from the verb interrumpere, from inter- ‘between’ + rumpere ‘to break’.

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Borrowed from Latin interruptus, from interrumpere(“to break apart, break to pieces, break off, interrupt”), from inter(“between”) + rumpere(“to break”).

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interrupt (v.)

c. 1400, "to interfere with a legal right," from Latin interruptus, past participle of interrumpere "break apart, break off, break through," from inter "between" (see inter-) + rumpere "to break" (see rupture (n.), and compare corrupt (adj.)). Meaning "to break into, break in upon, disturb the action of" (especially of speech) is from early 15c. in English (it is also in Latin). Related: Interrupted; interrupting.

interrupt (n.)

"action of interrupting," 1956, originally in computing in reference to programs, from interrupt (v.).