bankruptcy English · revision 7872

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=1700}}

+

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈbæŋ.kɹʌp(t).si/ ''(UK)''; /ˈbæŋkˌɹʌp(t).si/, /ˈbæŋk.ɹəp(t).si/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

+

+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[bankrupt]] and [[-cy]],^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) which the OED thinks was probably on the analogy of insolvency, with the t of bankrupt kept in the spelling instead of being merged in the suffix.^(Etymonline)

+

+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The state of being bankrupt, the breaking up of a business through inability to pay debts: 1700.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)

+

+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Earlier words for it in the late 16th and 17th centuries were bankrupting, bankruption, bankrupture and bankruptship.^(Etymonline) The figurative sense, utter loss of some good quality, is from 1761.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) ''Bankruptcy Court'' and similar attributive uses are from 1864.^(OED 1989)

+

+ ==Timeline==

+ * late 16th century – bankrupting, bankruption.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1700 – bankruptcy.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1761 – figurative use.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1864 – Bankruptcy Court.^(OED 1989)

+

+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The state of being [[bankrupt]]; [[insolvency]].^(OED 1989)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Complete loss or failure of some good quality: ''moral bankruptcy''.^(OED 1989)^(Collins 2023)

+

+ ==Word family==

+ * [[prebankruptcy]]

+

+ ==Related words==

+ * [[bankrupt]]

+ * [[bank]]

+ * [[rupture]]

+ * [[insolvency]]

+

+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}