Where does “bilans” come from?

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

bilans (Polish): balance sheet, balance

Definitions

  1. balance sheet, balance

Ancestry of “bilans”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbilanbalance sheet
2Italianbilanciobalance (list of credits and debits), balance sheet, budget
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 “bilans”

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