portio

Meaning

1. (declension-3) share, part, portion
2. (declension-3) relation, proportion

Concepts

share

portion

quota

Synonyms

pars

Translations

Anteil

Portion

Ration

part

parte

parte

porción

ración

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈpɔr.ti.oː]

Etymology

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.