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RE: Cryptocurrencies Break Through $500 Billion As People Make Death Pledges To Buy More
It is very interesting that the word mortgage means death-pledge in french, because in french the word for mortage, hypothèque, does not mean death-pledge.
Maybe the word came from the combination of "mort", which means death, and "gage", which mean bet. It would be to bet your life on it.
The etymology of hypothèque is greek and is translated in french as a "gage", which is a bet.
I did not know about the etymology of hypothèque! Nice