depuis.
since
Meaning & usage
since
On habite ici depuis l'an 2000.
since, ever since
Depuis son arrivée à la tête du Barça, l'entraîneur catalan a tout gagné.
for ~
Je vis ici depuis trois ans.
for the last ~, over the past ~
Le Marché Monétaire et Ses Crises depuis Cinquante Ans
from
Le train part depuis Stockholm.
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Middle French depuis, from Old French depuis, from Late Latin dē post and influenced by Old French puis or a later variant, *dē postius. Cognate with Portuguese depois, Spanish después, Italian dipoi, dopo. By surface analysis, de + puis.
ever since, since then
Depuis, je vis ici.
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Middle French depuis, from Old French depuis, from Late Latin dē post and influenced by Old French puis or a later variant, *dē postius. Cognate with Portuguese depois, Spanish después, Italian dipoi, dopo. By surface analysis, de + puis.
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