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Where does “échalote” come from?

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

échalote (French): shallot

Definitions

  1. shallot

Ancestry of “échalote”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frencheschalote—
2Old Frencheschaloigneshallot
3Medieval Latinescalonia—
4LatinAscalōnia—

Words derived from “échalote”

  • shallot
  • Schalotte
  • Schallott
Every word from Latin Ascalōnia →