英语词汇proportionate的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	proportionate
词源	proportionate adj. "of proper proportion; adjusted to something else according to a certain rate or relation; corresponding in regard to size, amount, nature, etc.," late 14c., proporcionate, from Medieval Latin proportionatus "proportioned," past participle of proportionare, from Latin proportio "comparative relation, analogy" (see proportion (n.)). The classical spelling with -t- was restored in English 16c. Related: Proportionately. Entries linking to proportionate proportion n. late 14c., proporcioun, "due relation of one part to another," also "size, extent; comparative relation of one thing to another in size, degree, number, etc.," from Old French proporcion "measure, proportion" (13c.) and directly 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 "division," related to pars "a part, piece, a share, a division" (from PIE root pere- (2) "to grant, allot"). Also from late 14c. as "relation of body parts," hence "form, shape." Phrase out of proportion attested by 1670s. My fortunes [are] as ill proportioned as your legs. [John Marston, "Antonio and Mellida," 1602] disproportionate adj. "out of proportion, unsymmetrical, lacking due proportion," 1550s; see dis- "not" + proportionate. Improportionate in same sense is from late 14c. Related: Disproportionately. updated on December 16, 2020
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