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Where does the word "till" come from? It comes from Old Norse til, and was adopted directly into English (1200s).
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Where does the word "till" come from? It comes from Old Norse til, and was adopted directly into English (1200s).
Till’s story begins in Old Norse: til meant “to, until.” To, until, marking an endpoint in time or space. It reached English by 1200s as till. Settled as the standard English word for up to a point in time. Today, till means up to the time of, until.
- Stage 1 · Old Norse · medieval til "to, until", to, until, marking an endpoint in time or space.
- Stage 2 · English · 1200s till "up until a specified time", settled as the standard English word for up to a point in time.