Etymology

malapportionment

Today it means: Any system where one group has significantly more influence than another, such as when voting districts are unevenly spread out across a population (compare gerrymandering). Full definition →

English apportionment ← Old French mal- ← Latin male
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)mel-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*(s)molos?
  3. Proto-Italic*malos
  4. Latinmalus
  5. Latinmale
  6. Old Frenchmal-
  7. Englishmal-
  8. Englishapportion
  9. Englishapportionment
  10. English todaymalapportionment

From mal- + apportionment.

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