Etymology

discursus

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Today it means: argumentation; ratiocination; discursive reasoning Full definition →

Latin discursus
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromdiscursus
  2. English todaydiscursus

Borrowed from Latin discursus. Doublet of discourse.

Words from the same roots

Latindiscursus all →

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