saundres
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Originally 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 edit
Noun edit
saundres (uncountable)
- sandalwood
- Synonym: sandal
Descendants edit
- English: sanders (obsolete)
References edit
- “saundre, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.