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streetward en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ster- Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *str̥h₃tós Proto-Italic *strātos Latin strātus Latin via strātaellip. Late Latin strātabor. Proto-West Germanic *strātu Anglian Old English strēt Middle English strete English street Proto-Indo-European *wert-der. Proto-Germanic *wardaz Old English -weard English -ward English streetward From street + -ward.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Facing the street.
   • Their little streetward sitting room. 1864, Alfred Tennyson, “Enoch Arden”, in Enoch Arden, &c., London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], →OCLC:

streetward en · ADV

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ster- Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *str̥h₃tós Proto-Italic *strātos Latin strātus Latin via strātaellip. Late Latin strātabor. Proto-West Germanic *strātu Anglian Old English strēt Middle English strete English street Proto-Indo-European *wert-der. Proto-Germanic *wardaz Old English -weard English -ward English streetward From street + -ward.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Toward the street.