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