Where does “metareasoning” come from?

metareasoning (English) comes from English reasoning, from English reason, from Middle English resoun, from Anglo-Norman raisun, from Old French reson, from Latin ratiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

metareasoning (English): Reasoning about the nature of reasoning itself

Definitions

  1. Reasoning about the nature of reasoning itself

Ancestry of “metareasoning”, step by step

metareasoning traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English reasoning

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishreasoningThe deduction of inferences or interpretations...
2EnglishreasonA cause
3Middle Englishresounresound; reason
4Anglo-NormanraisunAlternative form of reson
5Old Frenchresonlogic, logical reasoning
6Latinratiōreason, reasoning, explanation, ground, motive, rationality, rationale, purpose
7Latin-tiōtion, -ation, -ing
8Latindissertātiō(spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition
9Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
10Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
11Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
12Latincalceusshoe
13Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
14Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

via English meta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmetaSelf-referential; structured analogously, but at...
2Latinmētacone, pyramid
3Proto-West Germanicmōtijanto meet
4Proto-Germanicmōtijanąto meet, encounter
5Proto-Germanicmōtąmeeting
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₂d-to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,...
Every word from Ancient Greek χάλιξEvery word from Latin -tiōEvery word from Latin dis-