Sithence

Part of speech: adverb, conjunction

Definitions

1. Archaic term meaning at a later time or from that point onward ; used to introduce a reason, meaning since or because
2. An obsolete word for afterwards or thereafter ; an old-fashioned conjunction meaning since or on account of
3. Old English adverb for later or subsequently ; a dated conjunction expressing that something happened since a time or because of a cause

Etymology: "Sithence" is an archaic English word meaning "since" or "afterwards," and it is built from two parts: "sithen," an Old English-derived word for "since" or "afterwards," with the suffix "-ence" added to it. The suffix is one that English uses to turn adverbs and related words into other forms, so the term is essentially a variant of "sithen" stretched by a familiar ending. "Sithen" itself descends from the Old English "siththan," a compound of "sith" (meaning "later" or "after") and "than" (the same "than" used in comparisons), so the whole family of words carries the sense of "after that." Over the centuries, English speakers reshaped this group of forms in many directions, and "sithence" is one of the variants that survived in certain writing, mainly in older English texts.

Synonyms: since, afterwards