Where does “plăcintuță” come from?

plăcintuță (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.

plăcintuță (Romanian): small pie

Definitions

  1. small pie

Ancestry of “plăcintuță”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianplăcintăpie
2Latinplacentaa round phyllo cake with a ribbed base and a...
3Ancient Greekπλακόεντα
4Ancient Greekπλακοῦςflat cake
5Ancient Greekπλακόειςflat
6Ancient Greekπλάξanything flat and broad
7Proto-Hellenicpləks
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₂-flat
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂-Every word from Proto-Hellenic pləksEvery word from Ancient Greek πλάξ