Where does “rationality” come from?
Rationality comes from French -ité, Latin -itas, Latin -alis, and Latin reor, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -tis.
rationality (English): The quality or state of being rational; due...
Definitions
- The quality or state of being rational; due...
Ancestry of “rationality”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | rational | Capable of reasoning; Logically sound; not... |
| 2 | French | rationalité | rationality |
| 3 | French | rationnel | rational |
| 4 | Latin | rationalis | accounts; rational, reasonable, of or possessing... |
| 5 | Latin | ratiō | reason, reasoning, explanation, ground, motive, rationality, rationale, purpose |
| 6 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 7 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 8 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 9 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 10 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 11 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 12 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |