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Where does “ration” come from?

Ration comes from French ration, from Latin ratio meaning reckoning or account, derived from the root of Latin reor meaning to think or believe.

ration (English): A portion of some limited resource allocated to a...

Definitions

  1. A portion of some limited resource allocated to a...

Ancestry of “ration”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchrationration
2Latinratiō—
3Latin-tiō—
4Latindissertātiō—
5Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
6Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
7Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
8Latincalceusshoe
9Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
10Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

Words derived from “ration”

  • rationing
  • rationless
  • rationable
  • rationer
  • antirationing
  • raisín
  • roisín
  • roisíneach
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