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) sandalwood Synonym: sandal ==== Descendants ==== English: sanders (obsolete) ==== References ==== “saundre, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.