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Where does “rationel” come from?

rationel (Old French) comes from French rationnel, from Latin rationalis, from Latin ratiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis- — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

Ancestry of “rationel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchrationnelrational
2Latinrationalisaccounts; rational, reasonable, of or possessing...
3Latinratiō—
4Latin-tiō—
5Latindissertātiō—
6Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
7Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
8Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
9Latincalceusshoe
10Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
11Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

Words derived from “rationel”

  • rational
  • rationality
  • rationally
  • rationalism
  • nonrational
  • prerational
  • arational
  • suprarational
  • transrational
  • antirational
  • subrational
  • hyperrational
  • superrational
  • hyperrationality
  • antirationalism
  • nonrationality
  • biorational
  • extrarational
  • birational
  • arationality
  • semirational
  • ultrarational
  • rationalness
  • birationally
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