English
thitherward
Thitherward comes from Old English þæder ‘thither’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *þadrê.
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*þadrê‘to that place, to there. thither’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150þæderas þider‘thither’
- Old English, derivedc. 450–1150þiderweard
- Englishearliest quotation a. 1587thitherward
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
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- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*þadrê‘to that place, to there. thither’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150þæderas þider‘thither’
- Old English, derivedc. 450–1150þiderweard
- Englishearliest quotation a. 1587thitherward
Earliest quotation: a. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., (please specify the folio): “They saw a maid who thitherward did run, /…”
Formed from thither + -ward
Proto-Germanic *þadrê ‘to that place, to there. thither’
Old English þæder ‘there’
Middle English thider
English thither
Every English word from Proto-Germanic *þadrê
Today it means
adv Toward that place.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *þadrê / thitherward