calandrus

calandrus

Latin

Noun

calandrus m

1. (Medieval Latin) Name for various insect pests.
   1. weevil
   2. grasshopper

Descendants

• → Middle French: calandre, calende
  • French: calandre
    • → English: calander
  • → Dutch: kalander
    • Afrikaans: kalander

References

• calandrus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)