saundres

Middle English

Alternative forms

• caundres, sanderes, sanders, sandres, saunders, saunderys, sawnderys, sawndres, zaunders

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈsau̯ndrɛs/, /ˈsau̯ndərs/

Noun

saundres (uncountable)

1. sandalwood

   Synonym: sandal

Descendants

• English: sanders (obsolete)

References

• “saundre, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.