Etymology of the Latin word placenta
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 Latin
Placentalia,
AplacentaliaDerivations in other languages
English
placenta, French
placenta, Portuguese
placenta, Romanian
plăcintă, Spanish
placentaUsage
Word found in New Latin, Classical Latin
