alium

Etymology 1
according to de Vaan (2008). May be connected to, on the image of the garlic bulb being divided into "wings"; for a similar derivation from garlic being "cloven" cf. the etymology of German. It has also been compared with the Greek gloss of as 'vegetables' "among the Italians", which may stem from another Italic language, and if so, has no direct bearing on the etymological consideration of Latin.

Based only on the form, Kroonen (2012) suggests that it may be a borrowing from the root of , specifically via a byform *adlī-. See the Ancient Greek entry for more.

According to Roberts, from.

Noun

 * 1) garlic, onion

Descendants

 * Eastern Romance
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