English
gateward
From gate + -ward.
Formed from gate + -ward
Proto-Germanic *gatą ‘hole, opening’
Proto-West Germanic *gat ‘opening, gate’
Old English ġeat ‘gate, door’
Middle English gate ‘gate’
English gate
Today it means
adv Straight, or directly; in the way towards.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / gateward