-ward
后缀
英 /wəd/|/wɔːd/
美 /wɚd/|/wɔɹd/
英文释义
后缀
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Forming adverbs denoting course or direction to, or motion or tendency toward, as in "backward", "toward", "forward", etc.
— And after dinner, with a kindly wink, she bade them accompany the Reverend, who briskly walked hallward.
- Forming adjectives, as in "a backward look", "the northward road", etc; used even by speakers who usually use -wards for adverbs.
词源
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *wert-der.
Proto-Germanic *wardaz
Old English -weard
English -ward
From Old English -weard, from Proto-Germanic *wardaz, earlier *warþaz (“turned toward, in the direction of, facing”); compare -wards, from -weardes.
Cognate with Dutch -waarts, Low German -warts, German -wärts, Old Norse -verðr, Icelandic -verðr, Swedish -vart, Gothic -𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐍃 (-wairþs), Latin vertere (“to turn”) or versus (“toward”), and Sanskrit वर्तते (vártate, “he turns”). Also related to worth (“to become”). Compare verse.
Proto-Indo-European *wert-der.
Proto-Germanic *wardaz
Old English -weard
English -ward
From Old English -weard, from Proto-Germanic *wardaz, earlier *warþaz (“turned toward, in the direction of, facing”); compare -wards, from -weardes.
Cognate with Dutch -waarts, Low German -warts, German -wärts, Old Norse -verðr, Icelandic -verðr, Swedish -vart, Gothic -𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐍃 (-wairþs), Latin vertere (“to turn”) or versus (“toward”), and Sanskrit वर्तते (vártate, “he turns”). Also related to worth (“to become”). Compare verse.
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