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 word's closest kin, if the pot theory is right, are the Greek and Latin words for pots and stands, not other English terms.