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English word origin

Etymology of til

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.

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗
prep

until, till

conj

until, till

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

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.

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  • Derivation mentiontilenm
  • Derivation mentiontilang
  • Cognate mentiontilnon
  • Derivation mention*tilągem-pro
  • Derivation mention*tilgem-pro
  • Cognate mentiontilofs
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Source etymology 2

Original entry ↗
noun

Sesame (plant: Sesamum indicum) · Any of species Ocotea foetens in family Lauraceae, native to Madeira and the Canary Islands.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

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

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These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.

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