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): /ˈsau̯ns/, /ˈsans/, /ˈsau̯n/, /ˈsan/

Preposition

saunz

1. 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.