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> hence is not-ratio-able, or irrational TIL !
by sh87 7y ago
> hence is not-ratio-able, or irrational
TIL !
- DavidSJ 7y agoInterestingly, the etymology seems to go: 1. ἄλογος (alogos, Greek for unsayable or unreasonable) 2. irrationalis (Latin translation of ἄλογος) 3. rationalis (Latin backformation) 4. irrational/rational (English translation) 5. ratio (English backformation) Steps 3 and 5, the backformations, are perhaps in the opposite direction one would expect. https://english.stackexchange.com/a/218079 https://english.stackexchange.com/a/218079