English
fromwards
Fromwards comes from Old English framweardes ‘in a direction away from’.
- Old Englishc. 450–1150framweardes‘in a direction away from’
- Englishearliest quotation 1610fromwards
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Englishc. 450–1150framweardes‘in a direction away from’
- Englishearliest quotation 1610fromwards
Earliest quotation: 1610, Arthur Hopton: “move along towards or fromwards the end of the…”
Formed from from + -ward + -s
Proto-Indo-European *pro- ‘forth’
Proto-Germanic *fram ‘forward’
Proto-West Germanic *fram
Old English from ‘forward’
Middle English from
English from
Every English word from Old English framweardes
Today it means
prep away from
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old English framweardes / fromwards