till
English
/tɪl/
prep
Definitions
- Until; to, up to; as late as (a given time).
- (obsolete) To, up to (physically).
- (dialectal) To make it possible that.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English til inherited from Old English til (until, to, good) derived from Old Norse til (to, till) inherited from Proto-Germanic *til (to, towards, toward), *tilą (planned point in time, goal).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*tilą
Gloss
planned point in time, goal
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Tillerson English
- cotillage English
- earth-tilth English
- overtill English
- overtillage English
- til English
- tillable English
- tillage English
- tiller English
- tiller truck English
- tillerless English
- tillerman English
- tilling English
- tillite English
- tillman English
- tilth English
- tilther English
- until English
- untillable English
- whereuntil English
- Reiseziel German
- Ziel German
- Zielgerade German
- Zielgruppe German
- Ziellinie German
- Zielscheibe German
- Zielsprache German
- ziellos German
- cél Hungarian
- til Norwegian Bokmål
- *til Proto-Germanic
- *tila- Proto-Germanic
- *tilą Proto-Germanic
- till Swedish
- tillbaka Swedish
- tillbedja Swedish
- tillbringa Swedish
- tilldela Swedish
- tillföra Swedish
- tillförlitlig Swedish
- tillgodo Swedish
- tillhöra Swedish
- tillika Swedish
- tillit Swedish
- tillkomma Swedish
- tillkännage Swedish
- tillräcklig Swedish
- tillsats Swedish
- tillsynes Swedish
- tillsätta Swedish
- tilltro Swedish
- tillträda Swedish
- tillvaro Swedish
- tillverka Swedish
- tillvägagångssätt Swedish
- tillväxa Swedish
- tillägga Swedish
- tillägna Swedish
- tillämpa Swedish
- tillåta Swedish
- til Norwegian Nynorsk
- til Old English
- til Middle English
- tilier Middle English
- tillynge Middle English
- tilthe Middle English
- tyll Middle English
- tylman Middle English
- until Middle English
- til Old Norse
- hertil Danish
- hidtil Danish
- til Danish
- tilbede Danish
- tilbyde Danish
- tilfreds Danish
- tilføje Danish
- tilgive Danish
- tilhøre Danish
- tilintetgøre Danish
- tilkørsel Danish
- cíl Czech
- cilj Serbo-Croatian
- циљ Serbo-Croatian
- til Icelandic
- til sölu Icelandic
- tiltrú Icelandic
- zil Old High German
- zilōn Old High German
- til Ido
- til Faroese
- цел Bulgarian
- zil Middle High German
- zillen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *til gmw-pro
- *tila Proto-Finnic
- cieľ Slovak
- til Old Swedish
- dill Westrobothnian
- dilles Westrobothnian
- cilj Slovene
- Siel Saterland Frisian