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Originally Posted by Johro
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Oh, yeah.
Now it's both. It's always been both! It says right there in the dictionary entry you just posted: "First known use: before 12th century."
Till used as a preposition/conjunction dates back to Anglo-Saxon and Old Norse, possibly even earlier.
Until is a more recent formation.
It only dates to the 13th century, to Middle English. It's a compound preposition/conjunction, formed from
un (meaning "up to," cognate to the Old Norse
unz, and the Old High German
unt) and the older
till.
Why would you post a link to a dictionary entry to prove a point, and then not read it and discover that it contradicts your point?