till

{{11}}till (n.) "cashbox," mid-15c., from Anglo-Fr. tylle "compartment," O.Fr. tille "compartment, shelter on a ship," probably from O.N. þilja "plank, floorboard," from P.Gmc. *theljon. The other theory is that the word is from M.E. tillen "to draw," from O.E. -tyllan (see TOLL (Cf. toll) (v.)), with a sense evolution as in drawer (see DRAW (Cf. draw)).

{{12}}till (prep.) "until," O.E. til (Northumbrian), from O.N. til "to, until," from P.Gmc. *tilan (Cf. Dan. til, O.Fris. til "to, till," Goth. tils "convenient," Ger. Ziel "limit, end, goal"). A common preposition in Scandinavian, probably originally the accusative case of a noun now lost except for Icelandic tili "scope," the noun used to express aim, direction, purpose (e.g. aldrtili "death," lit. "end of life"). Also Cf. Ger. Ziel "end, limit, point aimed at, goal," and compare TILL (Cf. till) (v.).

{{12}}till (v.) "cultivate (land)" (early 13c.), "plow" (late 14c.), from O.E. tilian "tend, work at, get by labor," originally "strive after," related to till "fixed point, goal," and til "good, suitable," from P.Gmc. *tilojanan (Cf. O.Fris. tilia "to get, cultivate," O.S. tilian "to obtain," M.Du., Du. telen "to breed, raise, cultivate, cause," O.H.G. zilon "to strive," Ger. zielen "to aim, strive"), from source of TILL (Cf. till) (prep.).