Where does “bilancio” come from?

bilancio (Italian) comes from Late Latin bilancia, from Latin bilanx, from Latin bi-, from Proto-Italic *dwi- — two, bi-, di.

bilancio (Italian): balance (list of credits and debits), balance sheet, budget

Definitions

  1. balance (list of credits and debits), balance sheet, budget

Ancestry of “bilancio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinbilancia—
2Latinbilanxhaving two scales; a balance with two scalepans
3Latinbi-having two parts; occurring twice
4Proto-Italic*dwi-two, bi-, di

Words derived from “bilancio”

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