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

  1. The state of being out of proportion; an abnormal...

Ancestry of “disproportion”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishproportionA quantity of something that is part of the whole...
2Middle Englishproporcion—
3Old Frenchproportion—
4Latinprōportiōproportion
5Latinprō-forward direction, forward movement
6Proto-Italic*pro-pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
9Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

Words derived from “disproportion”

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