palanca.
board for use in construction, scaffolding or furniture-making
Meaning & usage
board for use in construction, scaffolding or furniture-making
Where this word comes from
From Vulgar Latin palanca, from Latin phalanga, from the accusative form of Ancient Greek φάλαγξ (phálanx, “log, trunk, body of soldiers, etc.”). Doublet of the borrowing falanga and related to falange (“phalanx”).
money
any of several small copper coins, used in Tuscany, Venice and Liguria during and after the Italian Renaissance Wars, equivalent to the Spanish blanca, having a value equivalent to one or two historical pence
Where this word comes from
From Spanish blanca (“small Early Modern Spanish copper coin”). Doublet of bianca.
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