Where does “proportionality” come from?
Proportionality comes from English proportional combined with the French suffix -ité, derived from Latin -itas, which traces to Proto-Indo-European -it-.
proportionality (English): the property of being proportional; the principle...
Definitions
- the property of being proportional; the principle...
Ancestry of “proportionality”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | proportional | At a constant ratio (to). Two magnitudes (numbers) are said to be proportional if the second varies in a direct relation arithmetically to the first. Symbol: ∝ |