sandal

sandal · noun, verb¹

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromσανδάλιον
2. Latin · derived fromsandalium
3. Old French · derived fromsandale
4. Middle English · inherited fromsandal“sandal”
5. English todaysandal

From Middle English sandal (“sandal”), from Old French sandale, from Latin sandalium, from Ancient Greek σανδάλιον (sandálion), diminutive of σάνδαλον (sándalon, “sandal”), of unknown origin. Often mistakenly parsed as related to sand.

sandal · noun²

1. Sanskrit · derived fromचन्दन“sandalwood”
2. Middle Persian · derived from[script needed]“sandalwood”
3. Arabic · derived fromصَنْدَل
4. Medieval Greek · derived fromσάνδανον
5. Medieval Latin · derived fromsandalum
6. Middle English · inherited fromsandal“sandalwood”
7. English todaysandal

From Middle English sandal (“sandalwood”), from Medieval Latin sandalum, from Medieval Greek σάνδανον (sándanon), σάνταλον (sántalon), from Arabic صَنْدَل (ṣandal), from Middle Persian [script needed] (cndl /⁠čandal⁠/, “sandalwood”), from Sanskrit चन्दन (candana, “sandalwood”). Doublet of santalum.

sandal · noun³

1. Arabic · borrowed fromصَنْدَل
2. English todaysandal

From Arabic صَنْدَل (ṣandal), the same word as the shoe sandal, just applied for boats of the shape of this shoe.

Sandal · proper noun⁴

1. Old English · derived fromsand halh
2. English todaySandal

From Old English sand halh.

Words from the same roots