Since
/sɪns/noun
From a past time until now, or because of something; from that time onward.
Did you know?In Old English, the ancestor of “since” could mean both “from then on” and “because,” showing how languages can fuse time and causality into one word.
Etymological Timeline
Old English
OE
syþþan
“after that; since then; thereafter”
Middle English
ME
sithen / sith / sithence
“afterwards; from that time; because”
Late Middle English
ME
sence / syns / since
“after that time; because”
Modern English
English
since
“from a past time until now; because”