Etymology

asswards

A1S1S1W4A1R1D2S1

Today it means: Ass first; backwards. Full definition →

English ass ← Middle English ars ← Old English ears
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁órs-o-s
  2. Proto-Germanic*arsaz
  3. Proto-West Germanic*ars
  4. Old Englishears
  5. Middle Englishars
  6. Englishass
  7. English todayasswards

From ass + -wards.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.