Where does “onions” come from?

Onions comes from Middle English oinyon, from Anglo-Norman union, from Late Latin unio, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European óynos.

onions (English): plural of onion

Definitions

  1. plural of onion

Ancestry of “onions”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1WelshEinionanvil
2LatinAnnianus—

Words derived from “onions”

Every word from Latin Annianus →Every word from Welsh Einion →