sans

[ sanz; French sahn ]
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preposition

Origin of sans

1
1275–1325; Middle English <Old French sans, earlier sens,seinz a conflation of Latin sine without, and absentiā in the absence of, ablative of absentiaabsence

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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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