sandal

B1 Topic:Space, Position & Direction

US /ˈsændəl/ See IPA manual

Freq #26477

Meanings

1

noun
An open shoe held to the foot by straps across the top.

She wore comfortable sandals on the hot summer day.
2

verb
To put on sandals.

He sandalled his feet before walking out to the pool.

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Word family

Forms sandals

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.

sandal Middle English sandalum la-med σάνδανον gkm صَنْدَل Arabic चन्दन Sanskrit

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Topics

Space, Position & Direction

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# sandal

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈsændəl/
**Frequency rank:** 26477

## Meanings
1. An open shoe held to the foot by straps across the top.
2. To put on sandals.

## Examples
- She wore comfortable sandals on the hot summer day.
- He sandalled his feet before walking out to the pool.

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: sandal
- Root: sandalum
- Root: σάνδανον
- Root: صَنْدَل
- Root: चन्दन

## 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.

## AI Etymology
Sandal comes 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. Modern senses include an open shoe held to the foot by straps across the top. and to put on sandals..

## Topics
- Space, Position & Direction

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