onion

English




Etymology
From, , from , from , accusative of , which had also been borrowed into Old English as , (> 🇨🇬, ). Also displaced and the inherited term.

Noun

 * 1) A monocotyledonous plant, allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice.
 * 2) The bulb of such a plant.
 * 3) * 1962 (quoting 1381 text), & Sherman M. Kuhn, eds., , Ann Arbor, Mich.:, ISBN 978-0-472-01044-8, page 1242:
 * dorrẹ&#773;, dōrī adj. & n. cook . glazed with a yellow substance; pome(s ~, sopes ~.  1381 Pegge Cook. Recipes p. 114: For to make Soupys dorry. Nym onyons  Nym wyn  toste wyte bred and do yt in dischis, and god Almande mylk.
 * 1) A plant of the genus  as a whole.
 * 2)  An ounce.
 * 3)  A ball.
 * 4)  A watch-seal.