Where does “plăcintă” come from?

plăcintă (Romanian) comes from Latin placenta, from Ancient Greek πλακόεντα, from Ancient Greek πλακοῦς, from Ancient Greek πλακόεις, from Ancient Greek πλάξ, from Proto-Hellenic pləks, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂- — flat.

plăcintă (Romanian): pie

Definitions

  1. pie

Ancestry of “plăcintă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinplacentaa round phyllo cake with a ribbed base and a...
2Ancient Greekπλακόεντα
3Ancient Greekπλακοῦςflat cake
4Ancient Greekπλακόειςflat
5Ancient Greekπλάξanything flat and broad
6Proto-Hellenicpləks
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₂-flat

Words derived from “plăcintă

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂-Every word from Proto-Hellenic pləksEvery word from Ancient Greek πλάξ