Where does “sans” come from?
sans (French) comes from Old French sans, from Latin sine, from Proto-Indo-European swé — self.
sans (French): without
Ancestry of “sans”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | sans | — |
| 2 | Latin | sine | without; second-person singular present active... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | swé | self |
Words derived from “sans”