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...
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- A portion of some limited resource allocated to a...
Ancestry of “ration”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | ration | ration |
| 2 | Latin | ratiō | reason, reasoning, explanation, ground, motive, rationality, rationale, purpose |
| 3 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 4 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 5 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 6 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 8 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 9 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |