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.

Related terms

• mortal
• muerte

Descendants

• Spanish: mortandad