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Etymology of the English word placentate

the English word placentate
derived from the English word placenta
derived 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-
using the English suffix -ate

Usage

Word found in Modern English



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