sans

¹

[sanz, sahn]

preposition

1. without.

Sans.

²

abbreviation

1. Sanskrit.

Sans.

¹

abbreviation

1. Sanskrit

sans

²

/ sænz /

preposition

1. an archaic word for without

Word History and Origins

Origin of sans¹

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 )

Word History and Origins

Origin of sans¹

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

Related Words

• bare 
• barren 
• lacking 
• vacant