Where does “Sanders” come from?

Sanders derives from Middle English Sander, a word of uncertain origin whose meaning and etymology remain unknown.

Sanders (English): sandalwood, especially the red sandalwood

Definitions

  1. sandalwood, especially the red sandalwood

Ancestry of “Sanders”, step by step

Sanders traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English saundres

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishsaundressandalwood
2Old Frenchsandre—
3Medieval Latinsandalumsandal, sandalwood, santalum
4Greekσάνδανον—
5Arabicصَنْدَلsandalwood; sandal, shoe, slipper
6Middle Persiancndlsandalwood
7Sanskritचन्दनsandalwood
8Tamilசாந்துSantalum tree

via Middle English Sander

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishSander—

Words derived from “Sanders”

Every word from Tamil சாந்து →Every word from Sanskrit चन्दन →Every word from Middle Persian cndl →