Etymology

downwards

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Today it means: Towards a lower place; towards what is below. Full definition →

English down ← Middle English doun ← Old English dūne
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The story

  1. Old Englishof-
  2. Proto-Germanic*dūnaz?
  3. Proto-Celtic*dūnomder.?
  4. Proto-West Germanic*dūnā
  5. Old Englishdūne
  6. Old Englishofdūne
  7. Old Englishadūne
  8. Old Englishdūne
  9. Middle Englishdoun
  10. Englishdown
  11. English todaydownwards

From down + -wards.

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