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

échalote traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle French eschalote

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

via English Ashkelon

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishAshkelon—
2Hebrewאַשְׁקְלוֹן—

Words derived from “échalote”

Every word from Latin Ascalōnia →Every word from Medieval Latin escalonia →Every word from Old French eschaloigne →