Etymology

imbalance

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Today it means: The property of not being in balance. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Middle Englishin-
  6. Englishim-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  8. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  9. Proto-Italic*dwi-
  10. Latinbi-
  11. Latinlanx
  12. Latinbilanx
  13. Vulgar Latin*bilancia
  14. Old Frenchbalance
  15. Middle Englishbalaunce
  16. Englishbalance
  17. English todayimbalance

From im- + balance.

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