saunz

Middle English

Alternative forms

sauns, sanz, sans, saunce, san, saun, sawnz, sauncz, sance

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French senz, sens, sans, san, from Latin sine (“without”) conflated with absēns (“absent, remote”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsau̯nz/, /ˈsanz/, /ˈsau̯n/, /ˈsan/

Preposition

saunz

without, lacking, sans

Descendants

English: sans
Scots: sans (obsolete)

References

“saun(s (prep.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-12.

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