scallion
noun[ˈskæ.lɪ.ən] · [ˈskæ.ljn̩]
Etymology From Middle English scaloun (“shallot”), from Anglo-Norman scalun (variant of Old French eschaloigne), from a Proto-Romance derivation of Vulgar Latin *escalonia, from Latin Ascalonius (in caepa (“onion”) Ascalonius, "shallot"), from Ascalo (“Ascalon”), from Ancient Greek Ἀσκάλων (Askálōn, “Ascalon, an ancient port city in the Levant”), borrowed from Biblical Hebrew אַשְׁקְלוֹן (ʾašqəlôn).
3
Any onion that lacks a fully developed bulb.
- Synonyms
- spring onion, green onion
- Derived terms
- scallion pancake
- Related terms
- chive, shallot, spring onion