Where does “bilanço” come from?

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

bilanço (Turkish): balance sheet

Definitions

  1. balance sheet

Ancestry of “bilanço”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishبیلانچوbalance 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
Every word from Proto-Italic *dwi-Every word from Latin bi-Every word from Latin bilanx
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