scallion

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

green onion

spring onion

leek

shallot

onion

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Allium porrum

eschalot

Welsh onion

Allium ascalonicum

shallots

Translations

échalote

ciboule

scalogno

cebolinha-verde

cebolleta

yeşil soğan

cebolinha

Schalotte

chalote

scalogna

Lauchzwiebel

poireau

Frühlingszwiebel

Winterzwiebel

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈskæ.lɪ.ən]

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: scaloun

Cognate with Old French: eschaloigne

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).