Where does “plăcintărie” come from?
plăcintărie (Romanian) comes from Romanian plăcintar, from Romanian plăcintă, from Latin placenta, from Ancient Greek πλακόεντα, from Ancient Greek πλακοῦς, from Ancient Greek πλακόεις, from Ancient Greek πλάξ, from Proto-Hellenic pləks — flat.
plăcintărie (Romanian): pie shop
Definitions
- pie shop
Ancestry of “plăcintărie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | plăcintar | piemaker |
| 2 | Romanian | plăcintă | pie |
| 3 | Latin | placenta | a round phyllo cake with a ribbed base and a... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | πλακόεντα | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πλακοῦς | flat cake |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πλακόεις | flat |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | πλάξ | anything flat and broad |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | pləks | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₂- | flat |