Til
Origin
From Middle English til, from Old English til ("to, until"), possibly from Old Norse til, both from Proto-Germanic *tila- ("goal"), from Proto-Indo-European *ád ("near, at"). Compare to Old Frisian til
Alternative forms
Full definition of til
Conjunction
- (nonstandard) until, tillc1390, , , The Canterbury Tales, He slepeth...Al nyght til the sonne gan aryse.2010, , , Revenge of the Wimps, EVEN IF YOU MAKE ME WRITE IN THIS EVERY DAY TIL THEY LET ME OUT OF HERE
Preposition
- (nonstandard) until, till1425, Wycliffe, Wycliffe Bible Chapter Ezekial 1:27, Fro þe lende2004, , , The Role of Close Friends in African American Adolescents' Dating and Sexual Behavior, I just don't know how to just come out in the blue and say it, so I just wait til it comes up...2008, Winter, , Gone, Let him wander round and kids gone meddle him til he get to fighting again.
- (archaic) ~ to: as far as; down to; up to, until1425, Wycliffe, Wycliffe Bible Chapter Ezekial 40:15, He maad frountis by sixti cubitis ... and bifore the face of the áµ¹ate that lastid til to the face of the porche of the ynner áµ¹ate, fifti cubitis.