Where does “reasonlessness” come from?
reasonlessness (English) comes from English reasonless, 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.
reasonlessness (English): Absence of reason
Definitions
- Absence of reason
Ancestry of “reasonlessness”, step by step
reasonlessness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English reasonless
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | reasonless | Lacking reason or purpose |
| 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 |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |