Etymology

porret

P3O1R1R1E1T1

Today it means: A scallion; a leek or small onion. Full definition →

Middle English poret ← Old French por(r)et, porete ← Medieval Latin porretum
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Medieval Latin · derived fromporretum
  2. Old French · derived frompor(r)et, porete
  3. Middle English · inherited fromporet
  4. English todayporret

From Middle English poret, from Old French por(r)et, porete, from Medieval Latin porretum. See porraceous.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.