Where does “unreasoningness” come from?
unreasoningness (English) comes from English unreasoning, from English reasoning, from English reason, from Middle English resoun, from Anglo-Norman raisun, from Old French reson, from Latin ratiō, from Latin -tiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
unreasoningness (English): The quality of being unreasoning
Definitions
- The quality of being unreasoning
Ancestry of “unreasoningness”, step by step
unreasoningness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unreasoning
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unreasoning | Behaving without reason |
| 2 | English | reasoning | The deduction of inferences or interpretations... |
| 3 | English | reason | A cause |
| 4 | Middle English | resoun | resound; reason |
| 5 | Anglo-Norman | raisun | Alternative form of reson |
| 6 | Old French | reson | logic, logical reasoning |
| 7 | Latin | ratiō | reason, reasoning, explanation, ground, motive, rationality, rationale, purpose |
| 8 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 9 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 10 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 11 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 12 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 13 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 14 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 15 | 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 |