Etymograph

English

lasagna

Lasagna comes from Italian lasagna ‘a dish of lasagna’.

  1. Italianc. 1300–presentlasagna‘a dish of lasagna’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1996same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Italianc. 1300–presentlasagna‘a dish of lasagna’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1996same form

Earliest quotation: 1996, Lance Olsen: “Kristofer'd gotten it through his head shortly after their…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- ‘to cook, roast’

land, lend, lawn, lumbar, loma, loin, 12 more

Today it means

noun A flat sheet of pasta.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Italian lasagna / lasagna

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