Where does “lasagne” come from?

lasagne (Danish) comes from Italian lasagne, from Italian lasagna, from Vulgar Latin lasania, from Latin lasanum, from Ancient Greek λάσανον — trivet or stand for a pot.

lasagne (Danish): lasagna, lasagne

Definitions

  1. lasagna, lasagne

Ancestry of “lasagne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianlasagneplural of lasagna; lasagna
2Italianlasagnaa food made of flat sheets of pasta alternated...
3Vulgar Latinlasania—
4LatinlasanumA cooking pot; A closestool
5Ancient Greekλάσανονtrivet or stand for a pot
Every word from Ancient Greek λάσανον →Every word from Latin lasanum →Every word from Vulgar Latin lasania →