English Explanatory Dictionary

homewards

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Leading toward home.
adv
  1. towards home

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-homewards.wav

Word forms

homewards homeward

Etymology

From Middle English homwardes, hamwardes, from Old English hāmweardes, equivalent to home + -wards. Cognate with Dutch heimwaarts, German heimwärts (“homewards”).

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