eschaloigne

Old French

Alternative forms

eschaloingne, eschalogne, escalone, scalun

Etymology

From Latin ascalōnia (cēpa) (literally “onion of Ascalon”).

Noun

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

shallot (Allium cepa var. aggregatum)

Descendants

French: échalote, échalotte
- → English: shallot
- → German: Schalotte
  - → Romanian: șalotă
- → Portuguese: chalota
- → Spanish: chalote, chalota
→ Middle English: scaloun, scalan, scalon, scalyon, scalyone, skalon
- English: scallion
- Scots: scallion
→ Medieval Latin: scalongia, escalonia
- →? Spanish: escalonia, escaloña

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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