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onwards en · ADV

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂en-der. Proto-Germanic *an Proto-West Germanic *ana Old English on Middle English on English on English -wards English onwards From on + -wards.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Onward.
    • A Class 158 relegated from express duties turns up to transport me via the flower-bedecked Brighouse station to the trans-Pennine main line at Bradley Junction and onwards to Huddersfield. 2022 November 2, Paul Bigland, “New trains, old trains, and splendid scenery”, in RAIL, number 969, page 57:
    • Steam also takes charge of South Eastern (former P.L.M.) trains from Paris to Marseilles and the Riviera from Lyons onwards, and of Western Region trains from Le Mans onwards, as also between Paris and Dieppe and Le Havre. 1958 July 14, 'Voyageur', “Modern French Locomotive Work—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 455:

Deriveds

onwards and upwards

onwards en · VERB

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂en-der. Proto-Germanic *an Proto-West Germanic *ana Old English on Middle English on English on English -wards English onwards From on + -wards.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) third-person singular simple present indicative of onward
    form of onward