The mammalian placenta takes its name from a Roman version of a Greek crêpe or cheesecake.
c0nc0rdanceThis is PLACENTA CAKE, an ancient Roman version of a Greek cake, plakóenta (flat plate). It would be cooked on a hot flat surface, like a crêpe & layered with cheese, honey, nuts. Why would they name a cake after the mammalian placenta? They didn't! It's the other way around! (📷: Neill George)