proportio

Latin

Etymology

From prō- (“for, before”) +‎ portiō (“share, part”).

Noun

prōportiō f (genitive prōportiōnis); third declension

1. proportion
2. symmetry
3. analogy

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	prōportiō	prōportiōnēs
genitive	prōportiōnis	prōportiōnum
dative	prōportiōnī	prōportiōnibus
accusative	prōportiōnem	prōportiōnēs
ablative	prōportiōne	prōportiōnibus
vocative	prōportiō	prōportiōnēs

Descendants

• → Asturian: proporción
• → Catalan: proporció
• → Esperanto: proporcio
• → Georgian: პროპორცია (ṗroṗorcia)
• → Galician: proporción
• → Interlingua: proportion
• → Italian: proporzione
• → Old French: proportion
  • French: proportion
    • → German: Proportion
  • → Middle English: proporcion
    • English: proportion
• → Polish: proporcja
• → Romanian: proporție, proporțiune
• → Russian: пропо́рция (propórcija)
• → Spanish: proporción

See also

• ratiō

References

• “proportio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “proportio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• proportio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• proportio in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016