Etymology

whitherward

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Today it means: In what direction; towards what or which place. Full definition →

Middle English whiderward
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromwhiderward
  2. English todaywhitherward

Inherited from Middle English whiderward, from whider (“whither”). By surface analysis, whither + ward.

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