sans

[ sanz; French sahn ]
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preposition

Origin of sans

1
First recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English, from Old French sans, earlier sens, seinz, a conflation of Latin sine “without” and absentiā “in the absence of” (ablative of absentia absence)

Other definitions for Sans. (2 of 2)

Sans.

abbreviation
  1. Sanskrit.

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sans

/ (sænz) /


preposition
  1. an archaic word for without

Origin of sans

1
C13: from Old French sanz, from Latin sine without, but probably also influenced by Latin absentiā in the absence of

British Dictionary definitions for Sans. (2 of 2)

Sans.

abbreviation for
  1. Sanskrit

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