sith

[ sith ]
/ sɪθ /

adverb, conjunction, preposition Archaic.

since.

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Origin of sith

before 950; Middle English; Old English siththa, dialectal variant of siththan, orig., sīth thām after that, subsequently to that, equivalent to sīth subsequently (akin to Gothic seithus, Old Norse sīth- late, German seit since) + thām, dative of demonstrative pronoun, i.e., “to that” (see the1); compare Old Norse sīthan sith

Words nearby sith

site catchment analysis, site map, site-specific, sitella, sitfast, sith, sithee, sithole, sitka, sitka spruce, sitkamer
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British Dictionary definitions for sith

sith
/ (sɪθ) /

adverb, conjunction, preposition

an archaic word for since

Word Origin for sith

Old English siththa, short for siththan since
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