Garlic came from Old English Garleac, a combination of Gar (an archaeic word for spear) and Leac (Leek, which referred to all alliums at the time)
Other onions used to be called leeks too
Ynneleac -> Onion
Crawleac -> Crowleek (Allium Vineale)
Ryscleac -> Rushleek (Chives)
Unfortunately, there's a bunch of -leacs that we don't know what they referred to
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