English
furtherward
Furtherward comes from Middle English fortherward.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500fortherward
- Englishearliest quotation 1867furtherward
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500fortherward
- Englishearliest quotation 1867furtherward
Earliest quotation: 1867, Edward Edwin Foot, The Original Poems of Edward Edwin Foot: “And, furtherward, he turn'd and saw the lane Which…”
Formed from further + -ward
Proto-Indo-European *per-
Proto-West Germanic *furþer
Old English forþor
Middle English further
English further
Every English word from Middle English fortherward
Today it means
adv Forward, onward.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English fortherward / furtherward