mortaldat

Old Spanish

FWOTD – 24 November 2014

Alternative forms

  • mortalidat

Etymology

From Latin mortālitās.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /moɾtalˈdat/

Noun

mortaldat f (usually uncountable)

  1. mortality (death on a large scale)
    • c1200: Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 48v. col. 1.
      to / do lo compro por .L. marcos de / plata. e fizo ẏ altar. e ſac̃fico / al criador. e finco la mortaldad / en aq̃l logar
      All of it he bought for fifty shekels of silver, and he made an altar and offered a sacrifice to the creator, and so the dying left that place.

Descendants

  • Spanish: mortandad
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