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Friday, 21 February 2014

Sine II

The Latin word sine is the source of the following cognate words:

in French  sans  without  eg  sans argent  penniless

in Italian  senza  without  eg  senza carni  without meat

in Spanish  sin  without  eg  sin gas  without gas


& surprisingly in English  sans  without.

William Shakespeare used the word sans in his All the world's a stage monologue:

... Last scene of all,
That ends this strange eventful history,
Is second childishness and mere oblivion,
Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.