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Where does “mortgagor” come from?

Mortgagor comes from English mortgage, which derives from Old French mortgage, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European mer- meaning to die, via Latin -arius and -are.

mortgagor (English): Alternative spelling of mortgager

Definitions

  1. Alternative spelling of mortgager

Ancestry of “mortgagor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmortgageA special form of secured loan where the purpose...
2Middle Frenchmortgage—
3Anglo-Normanmorgagemortgage
4Old Frenchmortpast participle of morir; dead; death
5Vulgar Latinmortus—
6Latinmortuusdead, having died; decayed, withered; faint,...
7Proto-Italicmortwos—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanmr̥twós—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanmer-to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland
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