Where does “reasonableness” come from?
Reasonableness derives from English reasonable, from Old French resnable, from Latin rationabilis meaning capable of reasoning, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root h₂reh₁- meaning to think or count.
reasonableness (English): The state or characteristic of being reasonable;...
Definitions
- The state or characteristic of being reasonable;...
Ancestry of “reasonableness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | reasonable | Having the faculty of reason; rational,... |
| 2 | Old French | resnable | wise; intelligent |
| 3 | Latin | ratiōnābilis | rational, capable of reasoning |
| 4 | Latin | ratiō | reason, reasoning, explanation, ground, motive, rationality, rationale, purpose |
| 5 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 6 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 7 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 8 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 10 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 11 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |