-ward

 
Pronunciation: /wəd/
(also -wards)

suffix

  • added to nouns of place or destination and to adverbs of direction:
  • 1 (usually -wards) (forming adverbs) towards the specified place or direction: eastwards homewards
  • 2 (usually -ward) (forming adjectives) turned or tending towards: onward upward

Origin:

Old English -weard, from a Germanic base meaning 'turn'