eschaloigne

Old French

Alternative forms

• eschaloingne, eschalogne, escalone, scalun

Etymology

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

Noun

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

1. 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)