Etymology

balancer

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Today it means: One who, or that which, balances. Full definition →

English balance ← Middle English balaunce ← Old French balance
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The story

  1. Latinbilanx
  2. Vulgar Latin*bilancia
  3. Old Frenchbalance
  4. Middle Englishbalaunce
  5. Englishbalance
  6. English todaybalancer

From balance + -er.

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