Words that come from Latin “lanx”

91 words across 26 languages descend from Latin lanx — including balance, imbalance, lances, counterbalance, unbalance, rebalance, balancer, overbalance.

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English (27)

Italian (12)

Serbo-Croatian (6)

Norwegian Bokmål (5)

Norwegian Nynorsk (5)

Latin (4)

French (4)

Spanish (4)

Portuguese (4)

Catalan (2)

Russian (2)

Romanian (2)

Middle French (1)

Hausa (1)

Dutch (1)

Japanese (1)

Seychellois Creole (1)

Mauritian Creole (1)

German (1)

Old Portuguese (1)

Middle English (1)

Late Latin (1)

Old French (1)

Vulgar Latin (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Medieval Latin (1)