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English word reason comes from Proto-Italic *rēōr (Reckon, calculate.. Think, deem, judge.), Proto-Indo-European *rh₁-tós, Latin reri
*rēōr (Proto-Italic)
Reckon, calculate.. Think, deem, judge.
*rh₁-tós (Proto-Indo-European)
reri (Latin)
reor (Latin)
I reckon, calculate.. I think, deem, judge.
*ratos (Proto-Italic)
Established, authoritative. Fixed, certain.
ratus (Latin)
; rat Established, authoritative. Fixed, certain.
rationem (Latin)
raisun (Anglo-Norman)
reason (English)
(intransitive) To converse; to compare opinions.. (intransitive) To deduce or come to a conclusion by being rational. (intransitive) To perform a process of deduction or of induction, in order to convince or to confute; to argue.. (transitive) To arrange and present the reasons for or against; to examine or discuss by arguments; to debate or discuss.. (transitive) To persuade by reasoning or [...]