Where does “eschalote” come from?

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

Ancestry of “eschalote”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frencheschaloigneshallot
2Medieval Latinescalonia—
3LatinAscalōnia—

Words derived from “eschalote”

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