From Middle English sandal, from Old French sandale, from Latin sandalium, from Ancient Greek σανδάλιον, diminutive of σάνδαλον, of unknown origin.
From Middle English sandal, from Medieval Latin sandalum, from Byzantine Greek σάνδανον, σάνταλον, from Arabic صَنْدَل, from Middle Persian, from Sanskrit चन्दन.
Arabic صَنْدَل, the same word as the shoe sandal, just applied for boats of the shape of this shoe.
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