Etymology

southwestward

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Today it means: In or toward the southwest Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *wardaz ← Proto-Indo-European *wert- ← English southwest
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The story

  1. Englishsouthwest
  2. Proto-Indo-European*wert-
  3. Proto-Germanic*wardaz
  4. English todaysouthwestward

From southwest + -ward.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.