English
longward
From long + -ward.
Formed from long + -ward
Proto-Indo-European *dlongʰos ‘long’
Proto-Germanic *langaz ‘long’
Proto-West Germanic *lang ‘long’
Old English lang ‘long, tall, lasting’
Middle English long
English long
Today it means
adj Near, or oriented toward, the longer wavelengths of a range.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / longward