Where does “placar” come from?

placar (Spanish) comes from Latin plācō, from Proto-Indo-European plāk-, from Proto-Indo-European pele- — broad, flat, plain; broad, wide, flat.

placar (Spanish): to calm; to tackle

Definitions

  1. to calm; to tackle

Ancestry of “placar”, step by step

placar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin plācō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinplācōto appease
2Proto-Indo-Europeanplāk-broad, flat; smooth, flat; flat, broad, plain
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpele-broad, flat, plain; broad, wide, flat

via French placard

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchplacarda cupboard, cabinet or closet built against or...
2Old Frenchplacard—

Words derived from “placar”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pele- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European plāk- →Every word from Latin plācō →