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- Latin · derived frommortificātiō
- Middle French · derived frommortification
- Middle English · inherited frommortificacioun, mortification
- English todaymortification
From Middle English mortificacioun, mortification, from Middle French mortification and its etymon Latin mortificātiō. By surface analysis, mortify + -ication.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.