Hyphenation
am·or·tisePronunciation
Etymology
() Middle English amortisen (“to kill, alienate in mortmain”), from Anglo-Norman amorteser, alteration of amortir (Modern French: amortir), from Vulgar Latin admortire (“to kill”), from Latin ad- (“to”) + mort-, mors (“death”); literally “to put to death”. Cognate to Italian ammortire, Romanian amorţi.