palanca
Catalan
noun
Definitions
- gangplank
- lever
- crowbar
- diving board
- see-saw
Etymology
Inherited from Latin palanca, phalanga (pole for carrying things, wooden roller, roller pole for moving heavy objects, roller, pole) derived from Ancient Greek φάλαγξ (battle order, array, log, etc, body of soldiers, trunk, phalanx, battle array, stem).
Origin
Ancient Greek
φάλαγξ
Gloss
battle order, array, log, etc, body of soldiers, trunk, phalanx, battle array, stem
Kanji
茎
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *palanga Latin
- palanca Latin
- phalanga Latin
- phalangem Latin
- phalangem, phalanx Latin
- phalanx Latin
- planca Latin
- palánk Hungarian
- falanghina Italian
- palanca Italian
- palanco Italian
- paranco Italian
- phalange French
- planche French
- фаланга Russian
- palanca Spanish, Castilian
- φάλαγξ Ancient Greek
- φαλάγγιον Ancient Greek
- φᾰ́λᾰγγᾰ, φάλαγξ Ancient Greek
- φᾰ́λᾰγξ Ancient Greek
- *bʰelǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- falanga Polish
- falang Irish
- φάλαγγα Greek (modern)
- փաղանգ Old Armenian
- pleng Albanian
- *paanca Old Portuguese
- palanca Occitan
- palanca Old Occitan