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Ever wonder where the words we use everyday in real estate come from?
Mortgage- When an impoverished heir (eldest son of a noble) wished to borrow money, he would sign a pledge to pay when his father died and he came into his estate. mort = death, and gage is of Gothic origin relating to the word pledge.
Economy- via Latin from Greek oikonomia = management of a household (oikos = house, and nomia = control.
Offer- from Latin offerre = to present in sacrifice.
Finance- From Late Latin financia from finare, to pay a fine, and finis, a settled payment.
Location- From Latin locus, meaning place: hence location.
Bungalow- From Hindi bangla = Bengali, house built in the style of Bengal (Bangladesh).
Architect- from Greek arckhitekton = chief builder; arkhi = chief, and tekton = carpenter, builder.
Mansion- Comes from the French word maison = house. A mansion was originally a place that held soldiers overnight during their marches.
Room- From German raum as in lebensraum, a space to live in.
Landscape- Dutch landshap = region, countryside; hence ‘picture of countryside.'
Contract- Con is from Latin meaning ‘together'. Also from Latin, tract = to draw. So contract = draw together.
Attorney- From Old French atorner, which means ‘to turn to'.
Term- From Latin terminat = to end, and terminus = boundary. Term is a period (that comes to an end). Over time, term grew to mean the limiting conditions, as in the terms of an agreement.
Neighbor- In the old days, the man next door was a farmer: neighbor, from neahgebur, nigh boor. Boor was a farmer.
Acre- From Latin ager, meaning fertile country or field.
Garrison - From Old French guerite = watch tower, which often meant just
windows on the top story of a building. From guerison, we have the English version
garrison.
Porch- From Latin porticus. Porta = gate. The word veranda comes from Portuguese varanda = porch, gallery.
Roof- From Old English hrof, Germanic khrof.
Application- Comes from Latin application, meaning ‘the act of bringing things together'.
Glitch- From the German word glitschen, meaning ‘to slip'.
Value - From Latin valere, to have worth; via French valoir, past participle valu, value, comes English value.
This information compiled for you by Randy Guida, of Residential Mortgage Services
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(Source: The Dictionary of Word Origins by Joseph P. Shipley and Success with Words from Reader's Digest)