sith
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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
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Contemporary Examples
Only one other Star Wars film has earned a PG-13 rating, the 2005 prequel Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith.
Juiciest ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Rumors (and Some Debunked Ones)Rich Goldstein
January 3, 2015
Historical Examples
They said it was a great matter, sith I had risked mine own life.
Clare AveryEmily Sarah Holt
Sith Alwyn vails of himself, it is thine, by might and by right.
The Last Of The Barons, CompleteEdward Bulwer-Lytton
Why, I reckon it cannot be over nine days sith thine were writ.
Joyce Morrell's HarvestEmily Sarah Holt
Here's twentye groates of white moneye, Sith thou will have it of mee.
A Book of Ballads, Volume 3Various
But what do I mean to speak of these, sith my purpose is only to talk of our own woods?
Elizabethan EnglandWilliam Harrison
sith
- an archaic word for since
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Word Origin
Old English siththa, short for siththan since
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Word Origin and History for sith
adv., conj., prep.
"since" (obsolete), Middle English, reduced from Old English siððan "then, thereupon; continuously, during which; seeing that," from *sið þon "subsequent to that," from sið "after," from Proto-Germanic *sith- "later, after" (cf. Old Saxon sith "after that, since, later," German seit "since," Gothic seiþus "late"), from PIE *se- (2) "long, late" (see soiree).
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