Where does “reasoningly” come from?
reasoningly (English) comes from English reasoning, from English reason, from Middle English resoun, from Anglo-Norman raisun, from Old French reson, from Latin ratiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
reasoningly (English): Using one's faculty of reason; rationally
Definitions
- Using one's faculty of reason; rationally
Ancestry of “reasoningly”, step by step
reasoningly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English reasoning
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | reasoning | The deduction of inferences or interpretations... |
| 2 | English | reason | A cause |
| 3 | Middle English | resoun | resound; reason |
| 4 | Anglo-Norman | raisun | Alternative form of reson |
| 5 | Old French | reson | logic, logical reasoning |
| 6 | Latin | ratiō | reason, reasoning, explanation, ground, motive, rationality, rationale, purpose |
| 7 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 8 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 9 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 10 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 11 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 12 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 13 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |