Where does “ラザニア” come from?
ラザニア (Japanese) comes from Italian lasagna, from Vulgar Latin lasania, from Latin lasanum, from Ancient Greek λάσανον — trivet or stand for a pot.
ラザニア (Japanese): a lasagna
Ancestry of “ラザニア”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | lasagna | a food made of flat sheets of pasta alternated... |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | lasania | — |
| 3 | Latin | lasanum | A cooking pot; A closestool |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | λάσανον | trivet or stand for a pot |