Where does “lasagna” come from?

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

lasagna (English): A flat sheet of pasta; An Italian baked dish...

Definitions

  1. A flat sheet of pasta; An Italian baked dish...

Ancestry of “lasagna”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianlasagnaa food made of flat sheets of pasta alternated...
2Vulgar Latinlasania—
3LatinlasanumA cooking pot; A closestool
4Ancient Greekλάσανονtrivet or stand for a pot

Words derived from “lasagna”

Every word from Ancient Greek λάσανον →