scallion C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /ˈskæljən/ UK /ˈskæljən/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a long-stalked onion with a small bulb; a spring onion He chopped a handful of scallions over the steaming bowl of soup. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a long-stalked onion with a... onionshallotleekchive Word family Related forms shallotscallop Etymology AI details From Anglo-Norman scalun, from Vulgar Latin *escalonia, from Latin (caepa) Ascalonia ('onion of Ascalon'), named after the Philistine port of Ascalon. Ascalonia Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # scallion **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈskæljən/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈskæljən/ ## Meanings 1. a long-stalked onion with a small bulb; a spring onion ## Examples - He chopped a handful of scallions over the steaming bowl of soup. ## Synonyms - onion - shallot - leek - chive ## Related Forms - shallot - scallop ## Roots and Affixes - Root: Ascalonia ## Etymology From Anglo-Norman scalun, from Vulgar Latin *escalonia, from Latin (caepa) Ascalonia ('onion of Ascalon'), named after the Philistine port of Ascalon. ## AI Etymology Scallion comes from Anglo-Norman scalun, from Vulgar Latin *escalonia, from Latin (caepa) Ascalonia ('onion of Ascalon'), named after the Philistine port of Ascalon. The historical chain includes Latin Ascalonia. The quoted older sense, "onion of Ascalon," supplies the immediate semantic anchor for scallion. The formation is best read as borrowed: the word scallion carries its older form-history into a compact English lexical shape. In present English it is used as a noun, "a long-stalked onion with a small bulb; a spring onion". Related English forms include shallot and scallop. The result is a noun whose etymology preserves both the older form and the later English specialization. ## Topics - Describing Qualities - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown