Where does “proportionableness” come from?
proportionableness (English) comes from English proportionable, from English proportion, from Middle English proporcion, from Old French proportion, from Latin prōportiō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European pro- — passed , crossed.
proportionableness (English): Quality of being proportionable
Definitions
- Quality of being proportionable
Ancestry of “proportionableness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | proportionable | Capable of being proportioned, or made... |
| 2 | English | proportion | A quantity of something that is part of the whole... |
| 3 | Middle English | proporcion | — |
| 4 | Old French | proportion | — |
| 5 | Latin | prōportiō | — |
| 6 | Latin | prō- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |