myEtymology.com: English etymology of onionskin

Etymology of the English word onionskin

the English word onionskin

derived from the English word skin

derived from the Old Norse word skinn

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sek-

derived from the Proto-Germanic root *skintha-

derived from the English word onion

derived from the Old French word oignon

derived from the Late Latin word unio (large single pearl)

derived from the Latin word unus (one; alone, a single, sole)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *oi-no-