bankrupt
adj.
1560s, from Italian banca rotta, literally "a broken bench," from banca "moneylender's shop," literally "bench" (see bank, n.1) + rotta "broken, defeated, interrupted" from (and remodeled on) Latin rupta, fem. past participle of rumpere "to break" (see rupture, n.). "[S]o called from the habit of breaking the bench of bankrupts" [Klein]. Earlier in English as a noun, "bankrupt person" (1530s).
v.
1550s, from bankrupt, adj.. Related: Bankrupted; bankrupting.
〔蒋〕[bank=bench长凳，原指钱商用的长凳或台板，最初是作为钱商的柜台，rupt破，断;’钱商的柜台断了”→生意破产了] 破产的，破产者，使破产
〔李〕[bank=bench板凳；rupt=to break破，断→“the broken bench of a money-exchanger钱商的断板凳”→“broken business破产的生意”→]Ⅰn. person who breaks his business破产者→Ⅱ a. broken in business破产的