proportio Latin · revision 8500

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''prōportiō''' ''f'' (genitive prōportiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a back-formation from the phrase ⟨prō portiōne⟩ “in proportion”, from [[prō]] and [[portiō]] “share”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Varro, in grammar.^(OLD 2012) Köbler's first source is Cicero; he dates Varro 116–27 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Varro it was a grammatical term, analogy, and in Vitruvius the proper relation of parts, proportion.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant proportion, comparative relation.^(Stelten 1995) British Medieval Latin used it for a portion, a share of land.^(DMLBS) It was borrowed into Italian ''proporzione'' and French ''proportion'', and through Old French it gave [[en|proportion]] in the late 14th century.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it in grammar.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 84–c. 25 BC – Vitruvius uses it of proportion.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 14th century – English ''proportion'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # ''(grammar)'' [[m|en|Analogy]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # [[m|en|Proportion]], symmetry.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A share.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[prōportiōnālis]]

+ * [[prōportiōnātus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[ratiō]]

+ * [[portiō]]

+ * [[en|proportion]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}