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Where does “apportionner” come from?

apportionner (Middle French) comes from Old French aporcioner, from Late Latin apportionare, from Latin ad, from Proto-Italic ad, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éd — to, at.

Ancestry of “apportionner”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchaporcioner—
2Late Latinapportionare—
3Latinadtoward, to; up to; near, by, close by, at, to
4Proto-Italicadtoward, to, on, up to, for
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂édto, at

Words derived from “apportionner”

  • apportionment
  • apportion
  • malapportionment
  • apportionable
  • apportioner
  • unapportionable
  • apportionest
  • apportioneth
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂éd →