English
malanders
Malanders comes from Latin malandria ‘blisters or pustules on the neck, especially…’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmalandria‘blisters or pustules on the neck, especially in horses’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentmalandres
- Englishtodaymalanders
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmalandria‘blisters or pustules on the neck, especially in horses’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentmalandres
- Englishtodaymalanders
The story
French malandres, from Latin malandria (‘blisters or pustules on the neck, especially in horses’).
Every English word from Latin malandria
Today it means
noun A crusty rash in the bend of the knee of the foreleg of a horse.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin malandria / malanders