different between scullion vs scallion

English

Etymology 1

Either from Middle French escouillon (“a swab, cloth”), diminutive of escouve (“broom, twig”) from Latin scopa, or an alteration of Old French souillon (“scullion”) by influence of scullery.

Noun

scullion (plural scullions)

1. A servant of the lower classes.
2. (obsolete, derogatory) A low, base person. [1400s]

Etymology 2

Noun

scullion (plural scullions)

1. Alternative form of scallion

Anagrams

• Cullison, cullions

English

Alternative forms

• scullion

Etymology

From Middle English scalon, from Anglo-Norman scalun (variant of Old French eschaloigne), from a Proto-Romance derivation of Vulgar Latin *escalonia, from Latin Ascalonius (in caepa (“onion”) Ascalonius, "shallot"), from Ascalo (“Ascalon”), from Ancient Greek ??????? (Askál?n, “Ascalon, an ancient port city in the Levant”), borrowed from Biblical Hebrew ???????????? (?ašq?lôn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?skæ.l?.?n], [?skæ.ljn?]

Noun

scallion (plural scallions)

1. (now chiefly US) A spring onion, Allium fistulosum.
2. (now chiefly US) Any of various similar members of the genus Allium.
3. Any onion that lacks a fully developed bulb.
4. (US, Scotland) A leek.

Synonyms

• spring onion
• green onion

Translations

See also

• chive
• shallot
• spring onion

Further reading

• scallion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Allium fistulosum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

• Callison, oncillas

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

From English scallion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sk?ljan/
• Hyphenation: scall?ion

Noun

scallion (plural: scallion dem, quantified: scallion)

1. bunching onion, green onion, leek, scallion, spring onion, Welsh onion