hitherward

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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"Happiness, unhappiness: all that was but the wages thou hadst; thou hast spent all that, in sustaining thyself hitherward; not a coin of it remains with thee, it is all spent, eaten: and now thy work, where is thy work?"

Etymology tree English hither Proto-Indo-European *wert-der. Proto-Germanic *wardaz Old English -weard English -ward English hitherward From hither + -ward.

hitherwards (alternative)

1. Scottish2. from Middle English mid3. old dialectal form

— henceafter henceforth henceforward henceforwards hencefrom hereabout hereabouts

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What does hitherward mean?

Toward this place

Where does hitherward come from?

Etymology tree English hither Proto-Indo-European *wert-der. Proto-Germanic *wardaz Old English -weard English -ward English hitherward From hither + -ward.

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