erupción

/eɾubˈθjon/ · B2 · noun · f

volcanic eruption

🌋 erupción = e- (out) + rupt (break) + -ción: a breaking out

From Latin eruptio, built on ex- (out) + rumpere (to break). Lava breaking out of a volcano is an erupción, and so is skin breaking out in a rash. Same root as English erupt and rupture.

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