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Where does “proportionnablement” come from?

proportionnablement (French) comes from French proportionnable, from French proportion, from Old French proportion, from Latin prōportiō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European pro-, from Proto-Indo-European por- — passed , crossed.

proportionnablement (French): proportionably

Definitions

  1. proportionably

Ancestry of “proportionnablement”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchproportionnableproportionable
2Frenchproportionproportion
3Old Frenchproportion—
4Latinprōportiō—
5Latinprō-—
6Proto-Italic*pro-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
9Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
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