Where does “unproportionableness” come from?
unproportionableness (English) comes from English unproportionable, from English proportionable, from English proportion, from Middle English proporcion, from Old French proportion, from Latin prōportiō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro- — passed , crossed.
unproportionableness (English): The quality of being unproportionable
Definitions
- The quality of being unproportionable
Ancestry of “unproportionableness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | unproportionable | not proportionable |
| 2 | English | proportionable | Capable of being proportioned, or made... |
| 3 | English | proportion | A quantity of something that is part of the whole... |
| 4 | Middle English | proporcion | — |
| 5 | Old French | proportion | — |
| 6 | Latin | prōportiō | — |
| 7 | Latin | prō- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |