Part of speech: adverb
westwards, in a westerly direction; in the west, west
Etymology
[Mod E WEST ← Prot-Germ *westa-; O Fris west, westa; O Sax west; Dt west; MHG west (Mod G West); O Icel vestr (Mod Icel vestur) ← Indo-Europ *u̯es-, **u̯e-; cf Anc Gr ἕσπερος “evening; the west, western”; Lat vespera “evening; the west”; Lith vãkaras “evening”; O Slav вечеръ “evening” (Russ вечер)]
