saundres
Middle English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editOriginally a plural; from Old French sandre, from Medieval Latin sandalum, from Byzantine Greek σάνδανον (sándanon), σάνταλον (sántalon), from Arabic صَنْدَل (ṣandal), from Middle Persian [script needed] (cndl /čandal/, “sandalwood”), from Sanskrit चन्दन (candana, “sandalwood”). Doublet of sandal.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsaundres (uncountable)
- sandalwood
- Synonym: sandal
Descendants
edit- English: sanders (obsolete)
References
edit- “saundre, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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- enm:Santalales order plants
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