Editing Shallot (section)

== Etymology and names==
The names ''[[scallion]]'' and ''shallot'' are derived from the [[Old French]] ''eschalotte'', by way of ''eschaloigne'', from the [[Latin]] ''Ascalōnia caepa'' or Ascalonian onion, a ''Ascalōnia caepa'' or Ascalonian onion, a namesake of the ancient 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 Feb 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>

The term ''shallot'' is usually applied to the French red shallot (''Allium cepa'' var. ''aggregatum'', or the ''A. cepa'' Aggregatum Group). It is also used for the [[Allium stipitatum|Persian shallot]] or ''musir'' (''A. stipitatum'') from the [[Zagros Mountains]] in [[Iran]] and [[Iraq]], and the French gray shallot (''[[Allium oschaninii]]'') which is also known as ''griselle'' or "true shallot";<ref name="Field Guide">{{Citation
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| title = Field Guide to Produce: How to Identify, Select, and Prepare Virtually Every Fruit and Vegetable at the Market
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| isbn = 978-1-931686-80-8}}</ref> it grows wild from [[Central Asia|Central]] to [[Southwest Asia]]. The name ''shallot'' is also used for a [[scallion]] in [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]]<ref>{{cite web | title = Spring onions v shallots | date = 22 January 2013| url = https://www.goodfood.com.au/recipes/the-name-game--spring-onions-v-shallots-20130121-2d2fg| access-date = May 14, 2019}}</ref> and among English-speaking people in Quebec while the term ''French shallot'' refers to the plant referred to on this page.<ref>{{cite web | title = Montreal public market site | url = http://www.marchespublics-mtl.com/en/produits/green-onion-shallot/?filter_market=436 | publisher = Montreal public markets | access-date = August 28, 2014 | archive-date = June 30, 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170630220728/http://www.marchespublics-mtl.com/en/produits/green-onion-shallot/?filter_market=436 | url-status = dead }}</ref> In most English-speaking nations, the name is pronounced with the emphasis on the last syllable in common with the French pronunciation, ''sha-lot'', while the emphasis is commonly made on the first syllable, ''shall-ət'', in the United States.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}

The term ''eschalot'', derived from the [[French language|French]] word ''échalote'', can also be used to refer to the shallot.<ref>{{cite web | title = Dictionary: eschalot | url = http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eschalot | publisher = Merriam-Webster, Incorporated  | access-date = December 4, 2013}}</ref>