palanca
Spanish
noun
Definitions
- lever
- leverage, influence
- joystick
- handle on a toilet
- diving board, springboard
- (football) chip, chipped shot
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
- apalancamiento Spanish, Castilian
- apalancar Spanish, Castilian
- desapalancar Spanish, Castilian
- trabapalancas Spanish, Castilian
- trabar Spanish, Castilian
- φάλαγξ Ancient Greek
- φαλάγγιον Ancient Greek
- φᾰ́λᾰγγᾰ, φάλαγξ Ancient Greek
- φᾰ́λᾰγξ Ancient Greek
- *bʰelǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- palanca Portuguese
- falanga Polish
- falang Irish
- palanca Catalan, Valencian
- apancar Galician
- panca Galician
- pancada Galician
- φάλαγγα Greek (modern)
- plangka Cebuano
- փաղանգ Old Armenian
- pleng Albanian
- *paanca Old Portuguese
- palanca Old Occitan