Sans Definition

Origin of Sans

• Middle English from Old French blend of Latin sine without absentiā in the absence of ablative of absentia absence from absēns absent- present participle of abesse to be away absent

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

• Middle English sans, borrowed from Old French sans, sens, from Latin sine (“without") conflated with absÄ“ns (“absent, remote").

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