-ward
/wəd/(also -wards)
suffix
Added to nouns of place or destination and to adverbs of direction:
1 (usually -wards) (Forming adverbs) towards the specified place or direction: eastwards homewards
2 (usually -ward) (Forming adjectives) turned or tending towards: onward upward
Origin
Old English -weard, from a Germanic base meaning 'turn'.