Where does “allium” come from?

allium (English) comes from taxonomic name Allium, from Latin allium, from Proto-Indo-European ālu-.

allium (English): Any of many bulbous plants of the genus "Allium",...

Definitions

  1. Any of many bulbous plants of the genus "Allium",...

Ancestry of “allium”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1taxonomic nameAllium—
2Latinalliumlate form of ālium
3Proto-Indo-Europeanālu-—

Words derived from “allium”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ālu- →Every word from Latin allium →Every word from taxonomic name Allium →