Where does “sans” come from?

sans (Middle French) comes from Old French senz, from Latin absentia, from Latin absēns, from Latin absum, from Latin ab-, from Latin āb, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.

sans (Middle French): without

Definitions

without

Ancestry of “sans”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Old French	senz	without
2	Latin	absentia	absence
3	Latin	absēns	absent, missing, away, away from, distant, gone, gone away
4	Latin	absum	I am away, I am absent, I am distant
5	Latin	ab-	from, away, away from; off; at a distance
6	Latin	āb	from, away from, out of
7	Proto-Germanic	*ab	—
8	Proto-Indo-European	apó	—

Every word from Proto-Indo-European apó →Every word from Proto-Germanic *ab →Every word from Latin āb →