amortization (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict[amortization 词源字典]
1670s, in reference to lands given to religious orders, from Medieval Latin amortizationem (nominative amortizatio), noun of action from past participle stem of amortizare (see amortize). Of debts, from 1824.[amortization etymology, amortization origin, 英语词源]