scallion

noun
/ˈskæ.lɪ.ən/

Etymology

From Middle English scaloun (“shallot”), from Anglo-Norman scalun (variant of Old French eschaloigne), from a Proto-Romance derivation of Vulgar Latin *escalonia, from Latin Ascalonius (in caepa (“onion”) Ascalonius, "shallot"), from Ascalo (“Ascalon”), from Ancient Greek Ἀσκάλων (Askálōn, “Ascalon, an ancient port city in the Levant”), borrowed from Biblical Hebrew אַשְׁקְלוֹן (ʾašqəlôn).

  1. derived from Ἀσκάλων — “Ascalon, an ancient port city in the Levant
  2. derived from Ascalonius
  3. derived from *escalonia
  4. derived from scalun
  5. inherited from scaloun — “shallot

Definitions

  1. A spring onion, Allium fistulosum.

  2. Any of various similar members of the genus Allium.

  3. Any onion that lacks a fully developed bulb.

  4. + 2 more definitions
    1. A leek.

    2. A surname from Irish.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for scallion. 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