mortgage

mortgage
{{11}}mortgage (n.) late 14c., morgage, "conveyance of property as security for a loan or agreement," from O.Fr. morgage (13c.), mort gaige, lit. "dead pledge" (replaced in modern Frech by hypothèque), from mort "dead" (see MORTAL (Cf. mortal) (adj.)) + gage "pledge" (see WAGE (Cf. wage) (n.)). So called because the deal dies either when the debt is paid or when payment fails. O.Fr. mort is from V.L. *mortus "dead," from L. mortuus, pp. of mori "to die" (see MORTAL (Cf. mortal) (adj.)). The -t- restored in English based on Latin.
{{12}}mortgage (v.) late 15c., from MORTGAGE (Cf. mortgage) (n.). Related: Mortgaged; mortgaging.

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(for the payment of a debt)


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