Etymology of the English word placenta
the English word
placentaderived from the Latin word
placenta (a flat cake; cake; kind of flat cake)
derived from the Greek word
plakous, πλακούς (a flat cake)
derived from the Greek word
plax, πλάξ (anything flat; a moulding-board; flat surface ('plate', or tablet, literally or figuratively))
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*plāk-Derivations in English
placentateCognates
Dutch
placenta, French
placenta, German
Plazenta, Swedish
placentaUsage
Word found in Modern English
