Where does “balanca” come from?

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

balanca (Serbo-Croatian): scale device for weighing

Definitions

  1. scale device for weighing

Ancestry of “balanca”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianbilanciabalance, scales, scale; balance; third-person...
2Late Latinbilancia—
3Latinbilanxhaving two scales; a balance with two scalepans
4Latinbi-having two parts; occurring twice
5Proto-Italic*dwi-two, bi-, di
Every word from Proto-Italic *dwi- →Every word from Latin bi- →Every word from Latin bilanx →