eschaloigne

Old French

Etymology

From Latin ascalonia (cēpa) "onion of Ascalon". Cf. also Medieval Latin scalongia, escalonia, modeled after the Old French.

Noun

eschaloigne f (oblique plural eschaloignes, nominative singular eschaloigne, nominative plural eschaloignes)

scallion; spring onion

Descendants

French: échalote

References

Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (eschaloigne)

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