English
rationability
Rationability comes from Classical Latin ratiōnābilitās.
- Classical Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEratiōnābilitās
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500racionabilite
- Englishearliest quotation 1776rationability
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
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- Classical Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEratiōnābilitās
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500racionabilite
- Englishearliest quotation 1776rationability
Earliest quotation: 1776, Francis Spilsbury, Scurvy: “And, if on twenty pounds of fluid, one of…”
Equivalent to rationable + -ability
Every English word from Classical Latin ratiōnābilitās
Today it means
noun Synonym of rationality or reasonability.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Classical Latin ratiōnābilitās / rationability