Etymology

spaceward

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Today it means: Towards outer space. Full definition →

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

  1. Latinspatium
  2. Old Frenchespace
  3. Anglo-Normanspace
  4. Middle Englishspace
  5. Englishspace
  6. Proto-Indo-European*wert-
  7. Proto-Germanic*wardaz
  8. English todayspaceward

From space + -ward.

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