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Where does “misproporcio” come from?

misproporcio (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto mis-, from Ido mis-, from English mis-, from Middle English mys-, from Old English mis-, from Proto-Germanic missa-, from Proto-Indo-European mitto, from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂- — to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...

misproporcio (Esperanto): disproportion, imbalance, inequity

Definitions

  1. disproportion, imbalance, inequity

Ancestry of “misproporcio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantomis-Wrong, erroneous
2Idomis-mis-, wrong, erroneous
3Englishmis-bad or wrong; badly or wrongly; lack or failure;...
4Middle Englishmys-—
5Old Englishmis-bad, badly, wrong, wrongly; lack or failure
6Proto-Germanicmissa-mis-, badly, wrongly
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmittomutual, reciprocal
8Proto-Indo-Europeanmeyth₂-to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...
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