Where does “amortizement” come from?
amortizement (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.
amortizement (English): The act or process of amortizing
Definitions
- The act or process of amortizing
Ancestry of “amortizement”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | amortize | To alienate in mortmain; To wipe out gradually... |
| 2 | Middle English | amortisen | to kill, alienate in mortmain |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | amorteser | — |
| 4 | Old French | amortir | — |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | admortire | to kill; present active infinitive of *admortēscō |
| 6 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 8 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |