Where does “disproportion” come from?
Disproportion comes from Middle English dis- combined with Latin portio (share, part), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European bʰuH- (to grow, become).
disproportion (English): The state of being out of proportion; an abnormal...
Definitions
- The state of being out of proportion; an abnormal...
Ancestry of “disproportion”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | proportion | A quantity of something that is part of the whole... |
| 2 | Middle English | proporcion | — |
| 3 | Old French | proportion | — |
| 4 | Latin | prōportiō | — |
| 5 | Latin | prō- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |