Editing Scallion (section)

== Etymology and naming==
The names ''scallion'' and ''[[shallot]]'' derive from the [[Old French]] ''eschalotte'', by way of ''eschaloigne'', from the [[Latin]] ''Ascalōnia caepa'' or "Ascalonian onion", a namesake of the ancient Eastern Mediterranean coastal city of [[Ascalon]].<ref>[https://www.balashon.com/2006/07/scallion_05.html?m=1 "scallion"], at ''Balashon – Hebrew Language Detective'', 5 July 2006. Accessed 28 February 2024.</ref><ref>{{cite book |contribution =shallot |title =New Oxford American Dictionary |edition =Second |publisher =Oxford University Press |year =2005 |title-link =New Oxford American Dictionary}}</ref><ref>[http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/shallot shallot]. CollinsDictionary.com. Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 11th Edition. Retrieved 30 September 2012.</ref>

Other names used in various parts of the world include spring onion, green onion, table onion, salad onion, onion stick, long onion, baby onion, precious onion, wild onion, yard onion, gibbon, syboe (Scots), and shallot.<ref>
{{cite book
 |last1                = Kennedy
 |first1               = Anita
 |date                 = 22 March 2018
 |title                = Low Allergy Food, the Tasty Way
 |publisher = iUniverse
 |url                  = https://books.google.com/books?id=qIFVDwAAQBAJ
 |isbn                 = 9781532042829
 |access-date          = 7 December 2024
 |quote                = There seems to be several plants similar to shallots used for cooking, as well as a variety of names for ''Allium fistulosum'', and the following shoud be a comprehensive list of alternative names and suggested alternative plants: Baby onion, Bunching onion, Chinese onion, Chinese scallion, Cibol, Egyptian onion, Escallion, Gibbon, Green onion, Long onion, Onion stick, Oriental onion, Precious onion, Salad onion, Scallion, Shallot, Spring onion, Stone leek, Syboe, Top onion, Topsetting onion, Tree onion, Walking onion, Welsh onion, Yard onion.}} 
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