sandal

noun, verb — 4 senses

sandal

noun

/ˈsændəl/

Etymology 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.

1

A type of open shoe made up of straps or bands holding a sole to the foot

Derived terms
beach sandal, sandaled, sandalled, sandalless, sandalpunk, sandalwear, sword and sandal, toey as a Roman sandal
Hyponyms
flip-flop, jandal, thong

sandal

verb

Etymology 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.

1

To put on sandals.

sandal

noun

Etymology From Middle English sandal (“sandalwood”), 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 santalum.

1

sandalwood

  • And on the tables every clime and age / Jumbled together: celts and calumets, / Claymore and snow-shoe, toys in lava, fans / Of sandal, amber, ancient rosaries[…]1847, Alfred Tennyson, “Prologue”, in The Princess: A Medley, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC:

sandal

noun

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

1

A long narrow boat used on the Barbary coast.

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