-wards

(Engels)

Forming adjectives and adverbs denoting course or direction to, or motion or tendency toward, as in "backwards", "towards", etc.

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/wədz/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: -wardes

Geërf van Old English: -weardes

In summary

From Middle English -wardes, from Old English -weardes, a variant of -weard; equivalent to -ward + -s (adverbial suffix). Cognate with German -wärts, Dutch -waarts.

Sinonieme

wards

-ward

Vertalings

-waarts

-wärts