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portio.

part, portion, share; proportion; [pro portione => proportionally];

6 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈpɔr.ti.oː]Classical-Latin[ˈpɔr.t͡si.o]

  1. share, part, portion

    declension-3

  2. relation, proportion

    declension-3
Where this word comes from

Traditionally related to the same root as pars, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *perh₂- (“to sell”), which also gave the Ancient Greek πόρνη (pórnē, “prostitute”), and πέρνημι (pérnēmi, “to sell”). De Vaan offers an alternative etymology where portiō would instead be a dissimilated and syncopated compound of prō + ratiō: prō ratiōne > prōrtiōne > portiōne, an adverbial phrase from which the noun portiō would be back-formed. If this etymology is correct, portiō would be unrelated to pars.

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