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- sandal (n.)



[sandal 词源字典] - type of shoe, late 14c., from Old French sandale, from Latin sandalium "a slipper, sandal," from Greek sandalion, diminutive of sandalon "sandal," of unknown origin, perhaps from Persian. Related: Sandals.[sandal etymology, sandal origin, 英语词源]
- talaria (n.)




- "winged sandals of Hermes (Mercury)" and often other gods (Iris, Eros, the Fates and the Furies), 1590s, from Latin talaria, noun use of neuter plural of talaris "of the ankle," from talus "ankle" (see talus (n.1)).
- discalced




- "Denoting or belonging to one of several strict orders of Catholic friars or nuns who go barefoot or are shod only in sandals", Mid 17th century: variant, influenced by French déchaux, of earlier discalceated, from Latin discalceatus, from dis- (expressing removal) + calceatus (from calceus 'shoe').