Apportion
/əˈpɔːr.ʃən/noun
To divide and assign parts or shares of something.
Did you know?Apportion is built on the same Latin root as portion, so its history is literally about carving reality into assigned shares rather than taking everything at once.
Etymological Timeline
Latin
Latin
portio
“a share, part, or portion”
Late Latin
Latin
apportiōnāre
“to divide into portions; assign shares”
Old French
Old French
aportioner
“to divide, distribute”
14th Century
English
apportion
“to divide and assign parts or shares”
Modern English
English
apportion
“to divide and assign parts or shares of something”