English

handbalance

From hand + balance.

A compound of hand + balance

Proto-Germanic *handuz

Proto-West Germanic *handu

Old English hand

Middle English hond

English hand

Latin lanx ‘plate’

Latin bilanx ‘two-scaled’

Vulgar Latin *bilancia

Old French balance ‘scales’

Middle English balaunce ‘A set of scales’

Today it means

noun Supporting one's body in an upside down position only using the hands.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / handbalance