plural of onion
"I chopped several onions to make a flavorful base for the soup."
A patronymic surname, from Welsh.
"The village records show that several families adopted the name Onions as a patronymic surname derived from the Welsh language."
The word onions comes from Welsh Einion, which was borrowed directly from the Latin name Annianus. This term originally referred to a specific variety of onion before entering English usage.