til
/tɪl/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.03 in modern English
3
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
phrase
Initialism of today I learned....
Example Sentences
- "I just don't know how to just come out in the blue and say it, so I just wait til it comes up..."
- "Let him wander round and kids gone meddle him til he get to fighting again."
- "EVEN IF YOU MAKE ME WRITE IN THIS EVERY DAY TIL THEY LET ME OUT OF HERE"
- "TIL that scientists call the universe's average color "cosmic latte"."
- "Kids played with yo-yos in Ancient Greece? TIL."
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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: til, *tilą, *til, तिल