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Where does “amortizable” come from?

amortizable (English) comes from English amortize, from Middle English amortisen, from Anglo-Norman amorteser, from Old French amortir, from Vulgar Latin admortire, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.

amortizable (English): Capable of being amortized

Definitions

  1. Capable of being amortized

Ancestry of “amortizable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishamortizeTo alienate in mortmain; To wipe out gradually...
2Middle Englishamortisento kill, alienate in mortmain
3Anglo-Normanamorteser—
4Old Frenchamortir—
5Vulgar Latinadmortireto kill; present active infinitive of *admortēscō
6Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
7Latinīn-—
8Latinîn—
9Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
10Proto-Italicenin
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “amortizable”

  • nonamortizable
  • unamortizable
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