Well attestedNamed through a historical place-name
shallot
noun · first attested 17th century
The onion is named for an ancient Levantine port.
A small onion that grows in clustered bulbs.
Record
- Relationship
- Named through a historical place-name
- Confidence
- Well attestedThe place link is the standard scholarly account.
- Attested
- 17th century
- Part of speech
- noun
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Ashkelon
- In English
shallot
The name traces back through French to Ascalon, now Ashkelon, which Greek and Latin writers associated with the plant. The route is old and the link is standard.
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