sandalwood

sandalwood · noun¹

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 todaysandalwood

From sandal + wood, the first component being 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”).

Sandalwood · proper noun²

From the word sandalwood, a local product, as a reference to Bollywood.

Words from the same roots