corruption (n.)

corrumpere (lat.): com- + rumpere

com-: with, together, entirely, integer

used in compounds to indicate the completeness, perfecting of any act, and thus gives intensity to the signification of the simple word

rumpere: to break, rupture, burst, split

Online Etymology Dictionary: Etymology corruption (2018)

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