Etymology

onwards

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Today it means: Onward. Full definition →

English on ← Middle English on ← Old English on
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂en-
  2. Proto-Germanic*an
  3. Proto-West Germanic*ana
  4. Old Englishon
  5. Middle Englishon
  6. Englishon
  7. English todayonwards

From on + -wards.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.