Where does “Wednesbury unreasonableness” come from?
Wednesbury unreasonableness (English) comes from English unreasonableness, from English unreasonable, from English reason, from Middle English resoun, from Anglo-Norman raisun, from Old French reson, from Latin ratiō, from Latin -tiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
Wednesbury unreasonableness (English): The property of being Wednesbury unreasonable
Definitions
- The property of being Wednesbury unreasonable
Ancestry of “Wednesbury unreasonableness”, step by step
Wednesbury unreasonableness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unreasonableness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unreasonableness | The state of being unreasonable; An unreasonable... |
| 2 | English | unreasonable | Without the ability to reason; unreasoning; Not... |
| 3 | English | reason | A cause |
| 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 |
via English Wednesbury
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Wednesbury | OS grid ref SO9894 |
| 2 | Middle English | Wadnesberie | — |
| 3 | Old English | wōdnes | madness, insanity |
| 4 | Old English | -nes | Used to form abstract nouns, usually from... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -nassī | Used to form abstract nouns, usually from... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -inassuz | -ness |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | -ī | -ness, -th |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -į̄ | -th |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |