Where does “anresnadow” come from?
anresnadow (Cornish) comes from Cornish resnadow, from Cornish resna, from Cornish reson, from Middle English resoun, from Anglo-Norman raisun, from Old French reson, from Latin ratiō, from Latin -tiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
anresnadow (Cornish): unreasonable
Definitions
- unreasonable
Ancestry of “anresnadow”, step by step
anresnadow traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Cornish resnadow
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cornish | resnadow | fair, reasonable |
| 2 | Cornish | resna | to reason |
| 3 | Cornish | reson | reason |
| 4 | Middle English | resoun | resound; reason |
| 5 | Anglo-Norman | raisun | Alternative form of reson |
| 6 | Old French | reson | logic, logical reasoning |
| 7 | Latin | ratiō | reason, reasoning, explanation, ground, motive, rationality, rationale, purpose |
| 8 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 9 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 10 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 11 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 12 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 13 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 14 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 15 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |