morgage

Old French edit

Etymology edit

mort (“death”) +‎ gage (“wage”).

Noun edit

morgage oblique singular, m (oblique plural morgages, nominative singular morgages, nominative plural morgage)

mortgage (debt secured against a property)

Descendants edit

→ English: mortgage

References edit

morgage on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (mort gage)

Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=morgage&oldid=54312132"