Where does “apportion” come from?
Apportion comes from Middle French apportionner, from Old French aporcioner, from Late Latin apportionare, a compound of Latin ad and a root ultimately descended from Proto-Indo-European ád and h₂éd.
apportion (English): To divide and distribute portions of a whole;...
Definitions
- To divide and distribute portions of a whole;...
Ancestry of “apportion”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle French | apportionner | — |
| 2 | Old French | aporcioner | — |
| 3 | Late Latin | apportionare | — |
| 4 | Latin | ad | toward, to; up to; near, by, close by, at, to |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | ad | toward, to, on, up to, for |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂éd | to, at |
Words derived from “apportion”