scallion

Significat (Anglès)

  1. (Ireland, US) A spring onion, Allium fistulosum.
  2. (Ireland, US) Any of various similar members of the genus Allium.
  3. Any onion that lacks a fully developed bulb.
  4. (Scotland, US) A leek.

Conceptes

ceba tendra

ceba d'hivern

Pronunciat com a (IPA)
[ˈskæ.lɪ.ən]
Etimologia (Anglès)

In summary

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).

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