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til

Pronunciation: /tɪl/

The English word “til” has 3 meanings listed here.

conjunction

  1. until, till

noun

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

Etymology

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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