Etymograph

English

rationless

From ration + -less.

Formed from ration + -less

Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- ‘to fit, to fix, to put together, to slot’

Latin reor ‘to compute’

Latin ratiō ‘reason, reasoning, explanation, ground,…’

French ration

English ration

Today it means

adj Without rations.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “rationless”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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