shallot
noun /ʃəˈlɒt/
/ʃəˈlɑːt/
- a vegetable like a small onion with a very strong tasteTopics Foodc2
enlarge imageWord Originmid 17th cent.: shortening of eschalot, from French eschalotte, alteration of Old French eschaloigne (in Anglo-Norman French scaloun, based on Latin Ascalonia (caepa) ‘(onion) of Ascalon’, a port in ancient Palestine.).
