Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗Up to the time that (a condition becomes true). · Before (a condition becoming true).
Up to the time of (something happening); pending. · Up to (a certain place) · Before (a time). · To; physically towards.
From Middle English vntil, until, untill, ontil, ontill, perhaps representing a northern variant of Middle English unto (see Modern English unto). By surface analysis, un- (“against; toward; up to”) + till.
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