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I believe it comes from the same root as 'rupture' or to break something or have a hole, so -rupt is 'broken or empty' - bank-rupt = my bank is broken and my assets have escaped = I have no money

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15y ago

a common word from Latin

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13y ago

rupt means to break

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11y ago

to break off and to throw away in fully

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