sans

sans · preposition, adjective¹

1. Latin · derived fromsine“without”
2. Old French · derived fromsans
3. Middle English · inherited fromsaunz
4. English todaysans

From Middle English saunz, sans, borrowed from Old French sans, senz, sens, from Latin sine (“without”) conflated with absēns (“absent, remote”). Compare French sans, Italian senza, Portuguese sem, and Spanish sin.

sans · noun²

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.