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–conjunction
while.
Origin:
1325–75;
ME
whilest,
equiv. to
whiles
+ parasitic
-t
as in
amongst, amidst
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whilst
(hwīlst, wīlst)
conj.
Chiefly British
While.
[Middle English
whilest
, alteration of
whiles
,
whiles
; see
whiles
.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History
whilst
c.1375, from
while
(q.v.) with adverbial gen.
-s-
, and excrescent
-t-
(as in
amongst, amidst
).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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