til

til · conjunction, preposition¹

1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*til“to, towards”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*tilą“goal”
3. Old English · derived fromtil“to, until”
4. Middle English · derived fromtil
5. English todaytil

From Middle English til, from Old English til (“to, until”), possibly from Old Norse til, both from Proto-Germanic *tilą (“goal”), or Proto-Germanic *til (“to, towards”). Compare to Old Frisian til.

til · noun²

1. Hindi · borrowed fromतिल“sesame”
2. English todaytil

Borrowed from Hindi तिल (til, “sesame”).

Words from the same roots