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• "till"/"until"

  (Word Origins)
  
  

  
     The conjunction "till" is not a shortening of "until".  MWCD10
  dates "till" from the 12th century and "until" from the 13th century.
  "Until" was a compound, whose first element also survives in "unto",
  and whose second element was the ancestor of "till".
  
     The spelling "'til" occurs, but is not standard anywhere.

  
  
  Source: [Mark Israel, 'Word Origins: "till"/"until"', The alt.usage.english FAQ file,(line 4225), (29 Sept 1997)]
  
  
  
  

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