modification of Middle French & Old Italian; Middle French banqueroute bankruptcy, from Old Italian bancarotta, from banca bank + rotta broken, from [[Latin]] rupta, feminine of ruptus, past participle of rumpere to break | modification of Middle French & Old Italian; Middle French banqueroute bankruptcy, from Old Italian bancarotta, from banca bank + rotta broken, from [[Latin]] rupta, feminine of ruptus, past participle of rumpere to break |