The latin root word that means a break in the continuity of something is interruption.
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Interrupt came from the Latin word Interruptus Inter, the prefix, means "between" Rupture is the root word and it means "to break" Ed is the suffix and it causes the word to be past tense. So really Interrupt means "between break" or to break a conversation between two people.
Interruption is from Latin inter "in the midst" and ruptio "a breaking; fracture." Ruptio is from the past participle (ruptus, "broken") of the verb rumpere "to break."
The Latin root word "long" or "longus" is the opposite of the Latin root word "brev" which means short or brief.
"Fract" is a Latin root word, derived from the Latin verb "frangere" meaning "to break."
The word "captain" does not come from the Latin root capit. It comes from the Latin word caput, which also means head.