Where does “proportion” come from?
Proportion comes from Middle English proporcion, from Old French proportion, from Latin proportio, ultimately derived from the Proto-Indo-European root bʰuH- meaning to grow or increase.
proportion (English): A quantity of something that is part of the whole...
Definitions
- A quantity of something that is part of the whole...
Ancestry of “proportion”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | proporcion | — |
| 2 | Old French | proportion | — |
| 3 | Latin | prōportiō | proportion |
| 4 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
Words derived from “proportion”
- disproportion
- proportionably
- proportionable
- disproportionably
- proportionment
- misproportion
- proportioner
- disproportionable
- proportionless
- unproportionable
- overproportion
- disproportionableness
- reproportion
- proportionableness
- superproportion
- equiproportion
- malproportion
- proportioneth
- proportionize
- underproportion
- unproportion
- improportionable
- disproportionointi
- proportionlessness