English
calandria
Calandria comes from Spanish calandria ‘machine with cylinders’, and goes back to French calandre.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentcalandre
- Spanishc. 1500–presentcalandria‘machine with cylinders’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentcalandre
- Spanishc. 1500–presentcalandria‘machine with cylinders’
- Englishtodaysame form
first attested First attested in 1886 in the sugar industry (as stated in the etymology)
The story
First attested in 1886 in the sugar industry.
Every English word from French calandre
Today it means
noun A form of heat exchanger in which steam is forced past tubes which contain water to be boiled.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French calandre / calandria