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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

  1. The quality or state of being rational; due...

Ancestry of “rationality”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishrationalCapable of reasoning; Logically sound; not...
2Frenchrationalitérationality
3Frenchrationnelrational
4Latinrationalisaccounts; rational, reasonable, of or possessing...
5Latinratiō—
6Latin-tiō—
7Latindissertātiō—
8Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
9Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
10Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
11Latincalceusshoe
12Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
13Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

Words derived from “rationality”

  • hyperrationality
  • nonrationality
  • superrationality
  • antirationality
  • ultrarationality
  • unirationality
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