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English word corrupt comes from Latin rumpo, Latin com-, Latin rumpere, Late Latin *corruptiare, and later Old French correcier (To infuriate; to enrage.)
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rumpo (Latin)
(figuratively) I break, interrupt, annul, destroy.. (of the body) I break, split, rupture, burst.. I break, burst, tear, rend, rupture; break asunder, force open.
com- (Latin)
rumpere (Latin)
*corruptiare (Late Latin)
corrumpo (Latin)
I pervert, corrupt, deprave or infect. I spoil or rot. I taint or contaminate. I tempt or seduce.
*corruptiāre (Vulgar Latin)
corruptus (Latin)
correcier (Old French)
To infuriate; to enrage.
corrupt (English)
(intransitive) To become putrid or tainted; to putrefy; to rot.. (transitive) To make corrupt; to change from good to bad; to draw away from the right path; to deprave; to pervert.. To debase or render impure by alterations or innovations; to falsify.. To waste, spoil, or consume; to make worthless. Abounding in errors; not genuine or correct; in an invalid state.. In a depraved state; [...]