preposition
- to (in its various uses, except as the accompaniment of the infinitive).
- until; till.
preposition
- an archaic word for to 1
prep.mid-13c., perhaps a modification of until, with southern to in place of northern equivalent till. Or perhaps a native formation on the model of until from Old English *und- “up to,” cognate of the first element in until. Since 18c., chiefly in dignified, archaic, or Biblical styles. see do unto others; law unto oneself.