Etymology: (Anglo-Norman and Middle French mortgage, mort gage (1283 in Old French; also as gage mort (1267); French mort-gage (now arch.)) < mort (mort adj.) + gage (gage n.1), after post-classical Latin mortuum vadium (from 12th cent. in British sources) (mortuum, accusative of mortuus dead (see mort adj.) + vadium pledge (see invadiate v.).))
(from OED.)
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