Etymology

fromward

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Today it means: Turned away; averse. Full definition →

Middle English fromward ← Old English framweard
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromframweard“about to depart, departing, doomed to die; with his back turned”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromfromward
  3. English todayfromward

From Middle English fromward, framward, from Old English framweard (“about to depart, departing, doomed to die; with his back turned”, adjective) and framweardes (“away from”, adverb), equivalent to from + -ward. Compare froward.

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