Where does “balancé” come from?

balancé (French) comes from Middle French balance, from Old French balance, from Late Latin bilancia, from Latin bilanx, from Latin bi-, from Proto-Italic *dwi- — two, bi-, di.

balancé (French): past participle of balancer

Definitions

  1. past participle of balancer

Ancestry of “balancé”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchbalancescales
2Old Frenchbalancescales (weighing scales)
3Late Latinbilancia—
4Latinbilanxhaving two scales; a balance with two scalepans
5Latinbi-having two parts; occurring twice
6Proto-Italic*dwi-two, bi-, di

Words derived from “balancé”

Every word from Proto-Italic *dwi- →Every word from Latin bi- →Every word from Latin bilanx →
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