leek

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(Inglês)

A vegetable of variety Allium ampeloprasum, having edible leaves and an onion-like bulb but with a milder flavour than the onion.
Any of several species of Allium, broadly resembling the domesticated plant in appearance in the wild.

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/liːk/

Herdado de inglês médio

Herdado de inglês arcaico

Cognato com holandês

Cognato com alemão

Cognato com dinamarquês

Cognato com sueco

Cognato com islandês

In summary

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.