Where does “sbilanciare” come from?

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

sbilanciare (Italian): to throw something off balance, overbalance,...

Definitions

  1. to throw something off balance, overbalance,...

Ancestry of “sbilanciare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianbilanciareto balance
2Italianbilanciabalance, scales, scale; balance; third-person...
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 “sbilanciare”

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