Rupt is better thought of as a word root than as a prefix or a suffix. It comes from Latin. Rumpere is a Latin stem meaning "to break". From that comes the Latin ruptura, meaning "fracture". As you noticed, these words are connected in that they all seem to describe something broken.

Sep 23, 2014 · So the rupt there roughly corresponds to broken. etymonline further tells us about bankruptcy: 1700, from bankrupt, "probably on the analogy of insolvency, but with -t erroneously retained in spelling, instead of being merged in the suffix ...." [OED]. Figurative use from 1761. So ruptcy is a bit misformed to look like solvency.

May 23, 2016 · As you stated "-rupt" (from rumpo, rumpere, rupi, ruptum) means break, but it also meant violate, infringe, overcome, and a number of other things. So one can't always deduce the exact meaning of a word by our often limited understanding of prefixes and root words today.

Okay, so I know when to "but I digress"; I use it when I'm talking about something and then stray off topic and talk about something else, so in order to get back to the topic, I say "but I digress...

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May 19, 2011 · What does the be- prefix change when applied to adjectives and verbs? There are many such words that seemed to be coined of this process, for example: behold, beget, befallen, beridden, bedazzled,