portio

== Latin == === 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. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpɔr.ti.oː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈpɔr.t͡si.o] === Noun === portiō f (genitive portiōnis); third declension share, part, portion relation, proportion ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== portiōnālis portiuncula prōportiō ==== Related terms ==== pars ==== Descendants ==== === References === “portio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “portio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "portio", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “portio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “portion”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.