Sith
/sɪθ/noun
An archaic English adverb meaning "since," "after," or "from that time."
Did you know?In Old and Middle English, *sith* and its relatives were ordinary time-words, but their old, fading sound later made them feel antique and ominous in literature.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*ḱei-
“to lie, rest; be situated”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*sīþaz
“time, journey, going; later a temporal notion”
Old English
OE
sīð
“time, occasion; afterwards, since”
Middle English
ME
sith(e)
“since, afterward, from then on”
Modern English
English
sith
“archaic since; after that time”