starward

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs-

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr

Proto-Germanic *sternǭ

Proto-West Germanic *sternō

Proto-West Germanic *sterrō

Old English steorra

Middle English sterre

English star

Proto-Indo-European *wert-der.

Proto-Germanic *wardaz

Old English -weard

English -ward

English starward

From star + -ward.

Adverb

starward (not comparable)

1. Toward the stars.

   Coordinate terms: earthward, heavenward, moonward, sunward

Related terms

• reach for the stars

Adjective

starward (not comparable)

1. Leading or pointing toward the stars.

   Synonym: starbound

   • 1831, Thomas Carlyle, “Sorrows of Teufelsdrockh”, in Sartor Resartus: The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdröckh. […], London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, 2nd book, page 104:

     Its white steeple is then truly a starward-pointing finger;

   • 1992, Vernor Vinge, A Fire Upon the Deep, 1st edition, New York: Tor, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 212:

     They were still indoors in the old-fashioned way, but the view. . . . They were on the starward side of the arc.