Etymology

northwards

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Today it means: northward; in a northerly direction Full definition →

English north ← Middle English north ← Old English norþ
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*nér
  2. Proto-Indo-European*nŕ̥t(e)ros
  3. Proto-Germanic*nurþraz
  4. Proto-West Germanic*norþr
  5. Old Englishnorþ
  6. Middle Englishnorth
  7. Englishnorth
  8. English todaynorthwards

From north + -wards.

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