myEtymology.com: English etymology of corruption

Etymology of the English word corruption

the English word corruption

derived from the French word corruption

derived from the Classical Latin word corruptio (corruption; bribery, seduction from loyalty)

derived from the Latin word corruptus (incorrect, improper, disorderly; rotten, decayed; infected)

derived from the Latin word corrumpere (pervert, corrupt, deprave; spoil, rot; taint)

derived from the Late Latin word rumpere (break; destroy)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *reup-

using the Latin prefix con- (together)

derived from the Latin prefix com-

derived from the Latin word cum (with)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kom (near, with, together)

Word found in Modern English