calender

calender · noun¹

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκύλινδρος
2. Latin · derived fromcylindrus“cylinder”
3. Late Latin · derived fromcalendra
4. Middle French · borrowed fromcalandre
5. English todaycalender

* From Middle French calandre, from Late Latin calendra, altered from Latin cylindrus (“cylinder”), from Ancient Greek κύλινδρος (kúlindros). Doublet of calander and cylinder. * This spelling calender was introduced in the 17th century to differentiate the machine from the chronological senses of calendar.

calender · verb²

1. Middle French · derived fromcalandrer
2. Middle English · inherited fromcalendren
3. English todaycalender

From Middle English calendren, from Middle French calandrer.

calender · noun³

1. Classical Persian · derived fromکلندر“uncouth man”
2. Arabic · derived fromقَلَنْدَار“wandering dervish”
3. Classical Persian · borrowed fromقلندر“wandering dervish”
4. English todaycalender

From Classical Persian قلندر (qalandar, “wandering dervish”), from Arabic قَلَنْدَار (qalandār, “wandering dervish”), itself from Early Classical Persian کلندر (kalandar, “uncouth man”), from کلند (kaland, “rough, unshaven”).

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