depuis

since; since, ever since; for ~; for the last ~, over the past ~; from

“On habite ici depuis l'an 2000.” — We've lived here since the year 2000.

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.” — Since then, I've been living here.

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.