eschaloigne

== Old French == === Alternative forms === eschaloingne, eschalogne, escalone, scalun === Etymology === From Latin ascalōnia (cēpa) (literally “onion of Ascalon”). === Noun === eschaloigne oblique singular, f (oblique plural eschaloignes, nominative singular eschaloigne, nominative plural eschaloignes) shallot (Allium cepa var. aggregatum) ==== Descendants ==== French: échalote, échalotte→ English: shallot→ German: Schalotte→ Romanian: șalotă→ Portuguese: chalota→ Spanish: chalote, chalota → Middle English: scaloun, scalan, scalon, scalyon, scalyone, skalonEnglish: scallionScots: scallion → Medieval Latin: scalongia, escalonia →? Spanish: escalonia, escaloña === References === Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “eschaloigne”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC.