Part of speech: adverb
eastwards, in an easterly direction; from the east; in the east
Etymology
[Mod E EAST ← Prot-Germ *austa-, *austra-; O Fris āst, āsta n; āster a; O Sax ōstar; Dt oost; OHG ōst; O Icel austr (Mod Icel austur) ← Indo-Europ *aṷs-, *ṷs-, *eṷs-; cf Sanskr uṣa- “dawn, morning”; Avest uša- “dawn, morning”; Anc Gr ἔως, ἠώς “dawn, daybreak”; Lat auster “south wind; south“; aurora “dawn, daybreak; east”; Lith aušra “dawn”; O Slav оутро “morning” (Russ утро)]
