English
sithen
Sithen comes from Middle English sithen ‘from or since the time that’, and goes back to Old English siþþan.
- Old Englishc. 450–1150siþþan‘afterwards, since’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500sithen‘from or since the time that’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Englishc. 450–1150siþþan‘afterwards, since’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500sithen‘from or since the time that’
- Englishtodaysame form
A compound of sīþ ‘since’ + þǣm ‘that’
Linked words
through Middle English sithen ‘from or since the time that’
Today it means
conj From or since the time that.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old English siþþan / sithen