onion
English
/ˈʌnjən/, /ˈʌŋjɪn/
noun
Definitions
- A monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice.
- The bulb of such a plant.
- (uncountable) The genus as a whole.
- (obsolete) A ball.
- (colloquial) A person from Bermuda or of Bermudian descent.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English onyon derived from union derived from Old French oignon (onion) derived from Latin ūniōnem.
Origin
Latin
ūniōnem
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Onionland English
- onioned English
- onionin A English
- onionless English
- onionlike English
- onionskin English
- onionweed English
- oniony English
- skin English
- weed English
- ūniō Latin
- ūniō, ūnionem, unio Latin
- ūniōnem Latin
- onyon Middle English
- oignon Old French
- oinjun Middle Dutch
- uyen Middle Dutch
- .onion Translingual
- anian Tok Pisin
- union xno
- agnon Walloon
- anian Bislama
- ariari Rotokas
- anianɨ´ Ankave