sandal

sandal · noun, verb

1. Ancient Greekσανδάλιον
2. Latinsandalium
3. Old Frenchsandale
4. Middle Englishsandal“sandal”
5. Englishsandal

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.

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sandal · noun

1. Sanskritचन्दन“sandalwood”
2. Middle Persian[script needed]“sandalwood”
3. Arabicصَنْدَل
4. Medieval Greekσάνδανον
5. Medieval Latinsandalum
6. Middle Englishsandal“sandalwood”
7. Englishsandal

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.

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sandal · noun

1. Arabicصَنْدَل
2. Englishsandal

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

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Sandal · proper noun

1. Old Englishsand halh
2. EnglishSandal

From Old English sand halh.

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