Category:-ward

-ward, -wards. Etym: [as. -weard, -weardes; akin to os. & ofries. - Ward. Ohg. -wert, g. -wärts, icel. -verthr, goth. -vaírþs, l. vertere To turn, versus toward, and e. worth to become. *143. See worth. v. I., and cf. Verse. Adverbs ending in -wards (as. -weardes) and some Other adverbs, such as besides, betimes, since (oe. sithens). etc., Were originally genitive forms used adverbially.]

Defn: suffixes denoting course or direction to; motion or tendency Toward; as in backward, or backwards; toward, or towards, etc.