-ward

suffix (also -wards) added to nouns of place or destination and to adverbs of direction and forming: 1 adverbs (usu. -wards) meaning towards (backwards; homewards). 2 adjectives (usu. -ward) meaning turned or tending towards (downward; onward). 3 (less commonly) nouns meaning the region towards or about (look to the eastward). [old english]

v. i. Alt. of -wards