Etymology

Sanssouci

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Today it means: A palace in Potsdam. Full definition →

German Sanssouci ← French sans souci
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The story

  1. French · derived fromsans souci“without worry”
  2. German · borrowed fromSanssouci
  3. English todaySanssouci

Borrowed from German Sanssouci, from French sans souci (“without worry”).

Words from the same roots

Frenchsans souci all →

sans souci

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.