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How to spell sandals

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What it means: Light open shoes held on the foot by straps.

In a sentence: She wore bright sandals to the beach.

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as sandles or sandels.

Same family: flip-flops, shoes, footwear, slippers. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: The word "sandal" comes from Latin "sandalium" and Greek "sandalon," meaning a type of slipper or light shoe. Ancient Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans all wore versions of sandals, making them one of the oldest types of footwear in history.

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