Where does “lasagna” come from?

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

lasagna (Italian): a food made of flat sheets of pasta alternated...

Definitions

  1. a food made of flat sheets of pasta alternated...

Ancestry of “lasagna”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinlasania—
2LatinlasanumA cooking pot; A closestool
3Ancient Greekλάσανονtrivet or stand for a pot

Words derived from “lasagna”

Every word from Ancient Greek λάσανον →Every word from Latin lasanum →Every word from Vulgar Latin lasania →