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Etymology
Dictionary
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Origin of the suffix -WARD.
Etymology of the
suffix -WARD.
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From An Etymology
Dictionary of the English Language, by Walter W. Skeat, 1893. |
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-WARD, suffix.
(E.) A common suffix, expressing the direction towards which one
tends. A.S. -weard, as in tó-weard, toward; see
Toward, where the suffix is fully explained. It occurs also as Icel.
-verðr, Goth. -wairths, O.H.G. -wert, -wart; and cf. Lat.
uersus, towards, from
the same root. We also have -wards, A.S. -weardes, where
-es is a
genitival suffix giving an adverbial force. Der. after-ward,
back-ward, east-ward, for-ward, fro-ward, hind-ward, hither-ward, home-ward,
in-ward, nether-ward, north-ward, out-ward, south-ward, thither-ward, to-ward,
up-ward, west-ward. To most of these s can be added, except to
froward. See also way-ward, wool-ward, verse, prose,
suzerain.
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| Etymology
Dictionary Index |
| A, B,
C, D, E,
F, G, H,
I, J, K,
L, M, N,
O, P, Q,
R, S, T,
U, V, W,
X, Y, Z
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| Key |
| Arab.=Arabic. |
| A.S.=Anglo
Saxon. |
| Bavar.=Bavarian |
| Bohem.=Bohemian. |
| C.=Celtic,
used as a general term for Irish, Gaelic, Welsh, Breton,
Cornish, &c. |
| Corn.=Cornish. |
| Dan.=Danish. |
| Du.=Dutch |
| E.=English. |
| E.E.=Early
English. |
| Europ.=European. |
| F.=French. |
| G.=German. |
| Gk.=Greek. |
| Goth.=Gothic. |
| Icel.=Icelandic. |
| Ital.=Italian. |
| L. or
Lat.=Latin. |
| Lith.
& Lithuan.=Lithuanian. |
| M.E.=Middle
English. |
| M.F.=Middle
French |
| M.H.G.=Middle
High German. |
| Norw.=Norwegian. |
| O.F.=Old
French. |
| O.H.G.=Old
High German. |
| Pers.=Persian. |
| Port.=Portuguese. |
| Scand.=Scandinavian,
used as a general term for Icelandic, Swedish, Danish,
&c. |
| Sc.=Scottish. |
| Skt.=Sanskrit. |
| Span.=Spanish. |
| Swed.=Sweish. |
| Teut.=Teutonic |
| Turk.=Turkish. |
| W.=Welsh. |
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