morgage

== Middle English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Anglo-Norman morgage, from mort (“death”) +‎ gage (“pledge”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /mɔrˈɡaːd͡ʒ(ə)/ === Noun === morgage (uncountable) A mortgage (the conveyance of property as security for a loan or a loan involving this). (figuratively, poetic) Something pledged or given in exchange for benefit. ==== Descendants ==== English: mortgage→ Māori: mōkete→ Mongolian: моргейж (morgejž)→ Scottish Gaelic: morgaidse→ Welsh: morgais ==== References ==== “morgāǧe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Old French == === Alternative forms === mortgage === Etymology === mort (“death”) +‎ gage (“pledge”). === Noun === morgage oblique singular, m (oblique plural morgages, nominative singular morgages, nominative plural morgage) mortgage (conveyance of property as security for a loan) ==== Descendants ==== → Middle English: morgageEnglish: mortgage→ Māori: mōkete→ Mongolian: моргейж (morgejž)→ Scottish Gaelic: morgaidse→ Welsh: morgais → Medieval Latin: mortgāgium, morgāgium === References === morgage on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “mort gage”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC.