Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wallward

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
wall-ward
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

toward a wall

adj

facing, located at, or taking place at or near a wall (e.g. a cell wall or the wall of a stream of fluid)

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *welH-der. Proto-Italic *walso- Latin vallumbor. Proto-West Germanic *wall Old English weall Middle English wal English wall Proto-Indo-European *wert-der. Proto-Germanic *wardaz Old English -weard English -ward English wallward From wall + -ward.

Questions

What does wallward mean?
toward a wall
Where does wallward come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *welH-der. Proto-Italic *walso- Latin vallumbor. Proto-West Germanic *wall Old English weall Middle English wal English wall Proto-Indo-European *wert-der. Proto-Germanic *wardaz Old English -weard English -ward English wallward From wall + -ward.

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