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English word proportion comes from Latin portio (Relation, proportion. Share, part, portion.), Latin pro, Latin pro-
portio (Latin)
Relation, proportion. Share, part, portion.
pro (Latin)
About. According to. As befitting. As, like. Before. For. In front, instead of. On behalf of.
pro- (Latin)
(prefixed to verbs of utterance) in place of, on behalf of. (temporally) prior, fore-. Action directed forward or in front. Advantage. Bringing into being, forth, or into the open. Downward and forward movement. Forward direction, forward movement. Prominence.
proportio (Latin)
Analogy. Proportion. Symmetry.
proportion (Old French)
proportion (French)
Proportion.
proporcion (Middle English)
proportion (English)
(countable) A quantity of something that is part of the whole amount or number.. (countable) Proper or equal share.. (countable, chiefly, in the plural) Size.. (mathematics, countable) A statement of equality between two ratios.. (uncountable) Harmonious relation of parts to each other or to the whole.. The relation of one part to another or to the whole with respect to magnitude, quantity, [...]