Having been stopped or broken off before completion; no longer continuous or unbroken.
From Latin 'interrumpere,' combining 'inter-' (between) with 'rumpere' (to break). It literally means 'to break between,' capturing the idea of something broken in the middle.
The word 'interrupt' is built from 'to break between'—and notice how many 'inter-' words mean something happening between things: international, intercept, intertwine—the prefix 'inter' means 'in the middle,' which is exactly what interrupting does.
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