proportion的词源

英文词源

proportion (n.): late 14c., "due relation of one part to another," also "size, extent; compartative relation in size, degree, number, etc.," from Old French proporcion "measure, proportion" (13c.), from Latin proportionem (nominative proportio) "comparative relation, analogy," from phrase pro portione "according to the relation" (of parts to each other), from pro "for" (see pro-) + ablative of *partio "pision," related to pars (see part (n.)). Phrase out of proportion attested by 1670s.
My fortunes [are] as ill proportioned as your legs. [John Marston, "Antonio and Mellida," 1602]
proportion (v.): "to adjust or regulate the proportions of," late 14c., from proportion (n.) and in part from Middle French proporcioner and directly from Medieval Latin proportionare. Related: Proportioned; proportioning.

来源于拉丁语portio(部分,比率)。

词根词缀： pro-前 + -port-部,比率 + -ion名词词尾

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来自拉丁短语pro portione,根据比例，按照部分的关系，来自pro,向前，根据，按照，portione,部分，词源同part.引申诸相关词义。