myEtymology.com: English etymology of overbalance

Etymology of the English word overbalance

the English word overbalance

derived from the English word balance

derived from the Old French word balance

derived from the Vulgar Latin word bilancia

derived from the Latin word bilanx (having two scales)

derived from the Latin word bi-

derived from the Latin word bis (two)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dwo-

derived from the Old Latin word duis

derived from the Late Latin word lanx (plate, metal dish, tray)

using the English prefix over-

derived from the English word over

derived from the Proto-Germanic root *uberi

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *uper