mortuary(n.)
14世纪末, mortuarie,“教区居民死亡时应向牧师支付的惯例礼物”,源自盎格鲁-法语 mortuarie(14世纪早期),源自中世纪拉丁语 mortuarium,中性形容词 mortuarius 的名词用法,“与死亡有关”,源自拉丁语 mortuus, mori 的过去分词,“死亡”(来自 PIE 词根 *mer-,“磨损,伤害”,也是“死亡”和形成与死亡和死亡相关的词汇)。
Selden says that the usage anciently was, bringing the mortuary along with the corpse when it came to be buried, and to offer it to the church as a satisfaction for the supposed negligence and omissions the defunct had been guilty of, in not paying his personal tithes; and from thence it was called a corse-present; a term which bespeaks it to have been once a voluntary donation. [Sir Thomas Edlyne Tomlins, "The Law Dictionary," London, 1835]
Selden 说,古代的用法是,在尸体被埋葬时将丧礼随身携带,并将其作为一种补偿,献给教堂,以弥补死者未支付个人什一税的疏忽和遗漏; 从那时起,它被称为 corse-present; 这个术语表明它曾经是一种自愿捐赠。[托马斯·埃德林·汤姆林斯爵士,《法律词典》,伦敦,1835年]
从15世纪中期开始,“葬礼服务”的意思。记录于1865年的“死者暂时存放的地方”是早期 deadhouse 的委婉说法。
该词起源时间:14世纪末