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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Â© The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

onion XIV. ME. unyon, oyn(y)on — AN. union, (O)F. oignon, L. uniōnem, nom. uniō.

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