Where does “garlion” come from?
garlion (English) comes from English garlic, from Middle English garlek, from Old English gārlēac, from Old English lēac, from Old English tūn, from Proto-West Germanic tūn, from Proto-Germanic tūną, from Gaulish dunum — smoke; mist, haze.
garlion (English): A hybrid vegetable resulting from a cross between garlic and onion
Definitions
- A hybrid vegetable resulting from a cross between garlic and onion
Ancestry of “garlion”, step by step
garlion traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English garlic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | garlic | A plant, "Allium sativum", related to the onion,... |
| 2 | Middle English | garlek | garlic |
| 3 | Old English | gārlēac | garlic |
| 4 | Old English | lēac | onion, leek; leek; a garden herb, leek, onion,... |
| 5 | Old English | tūn | enclosure, yard; place; dwelling |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | tūn | fence |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | tūną | fence; enclosure |
| 8 | Gaulish | dunum | fort; hill, hillfort |
| 9 | Proto-Celtic | dūnom | stronghold, rampart |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |
via English onion
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | onion | A monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice |
| 2 | Middle English | onyoun | The onion plant |
| 3 | Old French | oignon | onion |
| 4 | Latin | ūniō | a unity, union |
| 5 | Latin | -iō | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -jō | Forms agent nouns from verbs |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |