English

since

/sɪn(t)s/
From a specified time in the past.

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    Origin

    From Middle English syns, synnes, contraction of earlier sithens, sithence, from sithen (“after, since”) ( + -s, adverbial genitive suffix), from Old English sīþþan, from the phrase sīþ þǣm (“after/since that (time)”), from sīþ (“since, after”) + þǣm dative singular of þæt. Cognate with Dutch sinds (“since”), German seit (“since”), Danish siden (“since”), Icelandic síðan (“since”) Scots syne (“since”).

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    • inheritedMiddle Englishsyns
      • inheritedOld Englishsīþþan “afterwards, since”

    Related: Dutch sinds, German seit, Danish siden, Icelandic síðan, Scots syne

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