English
palacsinta
Palacsinta comes from Hungarian palacsinta ‘pancake, crêpe’, from Romanian plăcintă ‘traditional pie or pastry’, and ultimately from Proto-Hellenic *pləks.
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*pləksreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπλάξpláx‘flat’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEπλακοῦςplakoûs‘flat cake’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEπλακόεντα
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEplacenta‘cake’
- Romanianc. 1500–presentplăcintă‘traditional pie or pastry’
- Hungarianmodernpalacsinta‘pancake, crêpe’
- Englishearliest quotation 2001same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*pləksreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπλάξpláx‘flat’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEπλακοῦςplakoûs‘flat cake’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEπλακόεντα
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEplacenta‘cake’
- Romanianc. 1500–presentplăcintă‘traditional pie or pastry’
- Hungarianmodernpalacsinta‘pancake, crêpe’
- Englishearliest quotation 2001same form
Earliest quotation: 2001, Beth Van Horn, Pancakes come in a world of variety: “Americans tend to think of pancakes as relatively thick…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- ‘flat’
field, floor, explain, plane, explanation, plain, palm, clan, archipelago, explanatory, fluke, playa, planar, parma, flounder, esplanade, lech, polonium, pelagic, placate, implacable, veld, palatine, plantar, floe, purdah, llano, planta, 47 more
through Ancient Greek πλάξ ‘flat’
through Ancient Greek πλακόεντα
through Latin placenta ‘cake’
Today it means
noun Synonym of palatschinke in Hungarian cuisine.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Hellenic *pləks / palacsinta