lasagna

Lasagna comes from Italian lasagna, possibly from Vulgar Latin *lasania, which traces back to Latin lasanum, meaning 'cooking pot.' That word in turn came from Ancient Greek λάσανον (lásanon), a trivet or stand for a pot. Some scholars instead argue the Italian word came from Arabic لَوْزِينَج (lawzīnaj), meaning 'almond cake.'

If the pot theory holds, the word shifted from naming the vessel a dish was cooked in to naming the dish itself. The alternate Arabic theory suggests a different path entirely, starting from a sweet almond confection rather than any cookware.

The facts don't point to any English cognate — the word's closest kin, if the pot theory is right, are the Greek and Latin words for pots and stands, not other English terms.