palanca
Portuguese
/pa.ˈlɐ̃.kɐ/
noun
Definitions
- stake long, sharp piece of wood
- lever long, rigid object used to transmit force
- (military) a rampart with palisades or stakes
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish, Castilian palanca (lever, handle) derived from Latin 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
- phalange French
- planche French
- фаланга Russian
- apalancar Spanish, Castilian
- palanca Spanish, Castilian
- trabapalancas 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)
- plangka Cebuano
- փաղանգ Old Armenian
- pleng Albanian