Where does “plăcuță” come from?
plăcuță (Romanian) comes from Romanian placă, from French plaquer, from French plaque, from Middle Dutch placken, from Middle Dutch placke, from Old Dutch plagga, from Proto-Germanic plaggą — a piece of cloth or fabric; a patch.
plăcuță (Romanian): small plate
Definitions
- small plate
Ancestry of “plăcuță”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | placă | plaque; plate; disk, record |
| 2 | French | plaquer | to plate; To tackle; To grapple |
| 3 | French | plaque | sheet, plate; slab; plaque |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | placken | to patch, beat metal into a thin plate |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | placke | disk, patch, stain; name of a coin |
| 6 | Old Dutch | plagga | patch |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | plaggą | a piece of cloth or fabric; a patch |