Etymology

calander

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French calandre ← Ancient Greek κύλινδρος
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκύλινδρος“cylinder”
  2. French · borrowed fromcalandre
  3. English todaycalander

From French calandre. Compare Dutch klander and Medieval Latin calandrus. Ultimately from Ancient Greek κύλινδρος (kúlindros, “cylinder”). Doublet of calender and cylinder.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekκύλινδρος all →

cylindercalender

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.