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Stage 1 of 3
mors
Latin · ancient
"death"
death, combined with ad- (to) to form a verb meaning to deaden or kill off
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Stage 2 of 3
amortir
Old French · medieval
"to deaden, to gradually pay off a debt"
to deaden, to kill off, applied to gradually paying off a debt
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Stage 3 of 3
amortize
English · 1400s
"to gradually pay off a debt over time"
settled as the English word for gradually paying off a debt over time
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