Contextualizebeta

leek

noun
/liːk/

Etymology

From Middle English leke, leek, lek, from Old English lēac (“a garden herb, leek, onion, garlic”), from Proto-West Germanic *lauk, from Proto-Germanic *lauką, *laukaz (“leek, onion”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewg- (“to bend”). Cognate with Dutch look (“garlic, leek”), German Low German Look (“leek”), German Lauch (“leek, allium”), Danish løg (“onion”), Swedish lök (“onion”), Icelandic laukur (“onion, leek, garlic”). See garlic.

  1. derived from *lewg-✻ — “to bend”
  2. inherited from *lauką✻
  3. inherited from *lauk✻
  4. inherited from lēac — “a garden herb, leek, onion, garlic”
  5. inherited from leke

Definitions

  1. A vegetable of variety Allium ampeloprasum, having edible leaves and an onion-like bulb…

    A vegetable of variety Allium ampeloprasum, having edible leaves and an onion-like bulb but with a milder flavour than the onion.

  2. Any of several species of Allium, broadly resembling the domesticated plant in appearance…

    Any of several species of Allium, broadly resembling the domesticated plant in appearance in the wild.

  3. A town and civil parish with a town council in Staffordshire Moorlands district,…

    A town and civil parish with a town council in Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9856).

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. A village and former municipality in Groningen province, Netherlands.

    2. A surname.

The neighborhood

Derived

Asian leek, broadleaf wild leek, eat the leek, garden leek, green leek, green leek parrot, houseleek, leek-green, leekish, leeklike, leek moth, leek orchid, leek rust, leeky, lily leek, meadow leek, narrowleaf wild leek, Persian leek, rose leek, sand leek, swallow the leek, threecorner leek, wild leek

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for leek. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA