til
Pronunciation: /tɪl/
“til” is a Dutch word. Its 3 meanings in English:
noun
Etymology
Uncertain. Possibly deverbal from tillen (“to lift up”); some early attestations of the word refer specifically to the hatch used to close off a dovecote. The meaning "dovecote" then originates as a pars pro toto usage. An alternative possibility is that the word represents a Frisian form corresponding to deel (“plank”) (referring to a plank on which doves are kept), ultimately from…
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