How to Spell proportion
proportion
proportion - noun
- Harmonious relation of parts to each other or to the whole : balance, symmetry
Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary API
Etymology
Middle English proporcioun, proporcion "comparative relation in magnitude, ratio," borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French proporcion, proporciun, borrowed from Latin prōportiōn-, prōportiō "analogy, proper spatial relation between parts" (Medieval Latin also "comparative relation in magnitude"), univerbation of prō portiōne "in the degree proper to each, proportionately" {mat|portion:1|}
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