Where does “sans” come from?

sans (French) comes from Old French sans, from Latin sine, from Proto-Indo-European swé — self.

sans (French): without

Definitions

  1. without

Ancestry of “sans”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchsans—
2Latinsinewithout; second-person singular present active...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanswéself

Words derived from “sans”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European swé →Every word from Latin sine →Every word from Old French sans →