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Where does “lasaña” come from?

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

lasaña (Spanish): lasagna

Definitions

  1. lasagna

Ancestry of “lasaña”, 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 →