Etymograph

English

til

Til comes from Middle English til ‘until, till’, and goes back to Old English til.

  1. Old Englishc. 450–1150til‘to, until’
  2. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500til‘until, till’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2004til

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Old Englishc. 450–1150til‘to, until’
  2. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500til‘until, till’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2004til

Earliest quotation: 2004, Nov, Harper: “I just don't know how to just come out…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y- ‘to divide, part’

time, demon, tease, tide, daemon, tass, daimon, 22 more

through Proto-Germanic *tilą ‘goal’

tiller, tilling

through Middle English til ‘until, till’

till

Another origin of til

  1. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEतिल‘Sesamum indicum, sesame seed’
  2. Hindic. 1500–presentतिलtil‘sesame’
  3. Englishtodaytil

Today it means

conj until, till

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Old English til / til

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