shallot (n.)

"small onion," 1660s, shortened from eschalot, from French échalote, from French eschalotte, from Old French eschaloigne, from Vulgar Latin *escalonia (see scallion).

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scallion (n.)

late 14c., scalun "shallot," kind of common onion, also "thing of little value," from Anglo-French escalone, Old North French escalogne, or Old French eschaloigne, all from Vulgar Latin *escalonia, from Latin (cæpa) Ascalonia "(onion) from Ascalon," the seaport in the southwestern Levant (modern Ashkelon in Israel). Cognate with shallot.

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Definitions of shallot

shallot (n.)

aggregate bulb of the multiplier onion;

shallot (n.)

type of onion plant producing small clustered mild-flavored bulbs used as seasoning;

Synonyms: eschalot / multiplier onion / Allium cepa aggregatum / Allium ascalonicum

shallot (n.)

small mild-flavored onion-like or garlic-like clustered bulbs used for seasoning;

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