corrupt (adj.)
14世纪初, “堕落, 品格低劣”, 来自古法语 corropt “不健康, 堕落; 不礼貌” (语言), 直接来自拉丁语 corruptus, corrumpere 的过去分词“破坏”. 破坏, “形象地说是” 腐蚀, 引诱, 贿赂“, 来自 com- 的同化形式, 这里可能是一个强化的前缀(见 com-), + rup-, rumpere 的过去分词干” 打破“, 来自 PIE *runp- 的鼻化形式” 打破“(也是梵文 rupya-” 胃痛“的来源; 古英语 reofan” 打破, 撕裂“).
意思是” 腐烂, 腐臭, 变质“, 是14世纪末的意思” 变坏, 因掺杂或改变而变质“(语言等), 是14世纪末的意思” 犯了不诚实的罪, 涉及贿赂“, 是14世纪末的意思 相关: Corruptly; corruptness.
corrupt (v.)
14世纪中叶, “堕落道德, 从善到恶;” 14世纪晚期, “污染, 损害纯洁性; 引诱或侵犯(一个女人); 通过改变或创新使(一种语言) 贬低或变得不纯洁; 受贿赂或其他错误动机的影响,” 来自拉丁文 corruptus, corrumpere 的过去分词“破坏; 糟蹋”, 形象地说是“腐蚀, 引诱, 贿赂” (见 corrupt (adj.) ).
不动词意义为“putrefy, 从声音变成腐烂的状态”, 来自14世纪末相关: Corrupted; corrupting. 在中古英语中也有 corrumpen (14世纪中期, 与 corrumpcioun), 来自古法语 corompre, 来自拉丁语 corumpere.
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word-forming element usually meaning "with, together," from Latin com, archaic form of classical Latin cum "together, together with, in combination," from PIE *kom- "beside, near, by, with" (compare Old English ge-, German ge-). The prefix in Latin sometimes was used as an intensive.
Before vowels and aspirates, it is reduced to co-; before -g-, it is assimilated to cog- or con-; before -l-, assimilated to col-; before -r-, assimilated to cor-; before -c-, -d-, -j-, -n-, -q-, -s-, -t-, and -v-, it is assimilated to con-, which was so frequent that it often was used as the normal form.
1580s, "sudden, unceremonious, without notice," a figurative use from Latin abruptus "broken off," also "precipitous, steep" (as a cliff), also "disconnected," past participle of abrumpere "break off," from ab "off, away from" (see ab-) + rumpere "to break," from a nasalized form of the PIE root *runp- "to snatch" (see corrupt (adj.)). The literal sense "broken off or appearing as if broken off" is from c. 1600 in English. Of writing, "having sudden transitions, lacking continuity," 1630s. Related: Abruptly; abruptness.
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