placenta
/pləˈsentə/pluh-SEN-tuh
/pləˈsɛntə/pluh-SEN-tuh
Meaninga flat cake
Common meaning: the organ nourishing a fetus
- placenta flat cakeLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1382 · scan
- aLatin plural ending: things to be
Journey through time
- Latinplacenta, -ae‘a flat cake’
- Englishplacenta‘the organ nourishing a fetus’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Built on Latin placenta ‘a flat cake’.
Roots
- placenta, -ae Latin “a flat cake”
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