wallward

English

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.

Adverb

wallward (not comparable)

1. toward a wall
   • 1999, AIAA Journal‎^[1]:

     Their difference was observed in the sequence of ejections and interactions wallward.

Adjective

wallward (not comparable)

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