Where does “lasagne” come from?

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

lasagne (French): lasagna

Definitions

  1. lasagna

Ancestry of “lasagne”, 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
Every word from Ancient Greek λάσανον →Every word from Latin lasanum →Every word from Vulgar Latin lasania →