scallion

noun

1. any onion that does not form a large bulb; green onion.
2. a shallot.
3. a leek.

noun

1. any of various onions or similar plants, such as the spring onion, that have a small bulb and long leaves and are eaten in saladsAlso called: green onion

n.late 14c., scalun “kind of onion,” also “thing of little value,” from Anglo-French escalone, Old North French escalogne, or Old French eschaloigne, all from Vulgar Latin *escalonia, from Latin (cæpa) Ascalonia “(onion) from Ascalon,” seaport in southwestern Levant (modern Ashkelon in Israel). Cognate with shallot.