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 {it}proporcioun, proporcion{/it} "comparative relation in magnitude, ratio," borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French {it}proporcion, proporciun,{/it} borrowed from Latin {it}prōportiōn-, prōportiō{/it} "analogy, proper spatial relation between parts" (Medieval Latin also "comparative relation in magnitude"), univerbation of {it}prō portiōne{/it} "in the degree proper to each, proportionately" {ma}{mat|portion:1|}{/ma}

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