Where does “imbalanced” come from?

Imbalanced derives from Middle English in- plus balanced, with the prefix in- coming from Latin in- and Latin in, ultimately traced to Proto-Indo-European ne and oyd-.

imbalanced (English): Experiencing an imbalance; out of balance

Definitions

  1. Experiencing an imbalance; out of balance

Ancestry of “imbalanced”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishin-in, into, towards, within; in, into; Used with...
2Middle Englishin-—
3Old Englishin-in, into; on, upon; internal, positioned on the...
4Old Englishinin; Alternative form of inn
5Proto-West Germanic*in—
6Proto-Germanicinin; into
7Proto-Indo-Europeanénin

Words derived from “imbalanced”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European én →Every word from Proto-Germanic in →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *in →
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