now im even more confused, sandal is referred to the tree or the shoes? nono just joking i know you are refereing to the shoes

anyway in french it seems it is preferred the word "Tanga" (could be it is a transformation of the english Thong? or viceversa?), while in italian we have both words "tanga" and "perizoma" (but perizoma is more used than Tanga, in italian the word Tanga had a period of popularity during the 80' and early 90' while now i see everyone uses more the good old word "perizoma", at last it's just my impression, girls talk of perizomas not tangas, i dont hear the word "tanga" very often here), so is this word (perizoma) still used in neo-greek too? or have it some different meaning in modern greek? just curious cause it is a word of greek ethimology...