The story
- Latin · derived fromplacenta“flat cake”
- English todayplacenta cake
From Latin placenta (“flat cake”); the dessert is the original sense of the word placenta.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
placenta cake
Today it means: A dessert cake originating in ancient Greece, consisting essentially of layered dough interwoven with cheese and honey. Full definition →
Latin placenta