lasagne
UK[ləˈzæn.jə]US[ləˈzɑːn.jə]
n
A type of wide, flat pasta, often served in baked dishes with layers of sauce, cheese, and other ingredients.
n
A baked Italian dish consisting of layers of this pasta with such fillings.
Etymology
The word 'lasagne' is a direct borrowing from the Italian plural 'lasagne', which itself derives from the Vulgar Latin 'lasania', meaning 'cooking pot'. This Latin term likely originated from the Greek 'lasanon' (λάσανον), referring to a trivet or stand for a pot. The semantic evolution moved from the cooking vessel to the food cooked within it. Over centuries in Italian, the term became specifically associated with the flat sheet pasta and the layered dish baked in a pot or pan, a meaning fully retained in its English usage.
Analysis
The word is a simplex loanword from Italian. It is not productively segmented in modern English using native morphemes.
Examples
She prepared a delicious vegetable lasagne for dinner.
The restaurant is famous for its homemade spinach and ricotta lasagne.
You'll need about twelve sheets of fresh lasagne to make this recipe.