Where does “ŝaloto” come from?

ŝaloto (Esperanto) comes from English shallot, from French échalote, from Middle French eschalote, from Old French eschaloigne, from Medieval Latin escalonia, from Latin Ascalōnia.

ŝaloto (Esperanto): shallot

Definitions

  1. shallot

Ancestry of “ŝaloto”, step by step

ŝaloto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English shallot

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishshallotA vegetable in the onion family
2Frenchéchaloteshallot
3Middle Frencheschalote—
4Old Frencheschaloigneshallot
5Medieval Latinescalonia—
6LatinAscalōnia—

via German Schalotte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSchalotteshallot
Every word from Latin Ascalōnia →Every word from Medieval Latin escalonia →Every word from Old French eschaloigne →