The story
- Old English · inherited fromhāmweardes
- Middle English · inherited fromhomwardes
- English todayhomewards
From Middle English homwardes, hamwardes, from Old English hāmweardes, equivalent to home + -wards. Cognate with Dutch heimwaarts, German heimwärts (“homewards”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.