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==Etymology==
− It is [[backward]] with the adverbial genitive ending -s.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) Backward itself is Middle English bakward (before 1325), from abakward, modelled on hindeward and foreward with the Old English suffix -weard, toward.^(Barnhart 1988)
+ It is [[backward]] with the adverbial genitive ending -s.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) Backward itself is [[enm|bakward]] (before 1325), from [[m|enm|abakward]], modelled on hindeward and foreward with the Old English suffix -weard, toward.^(Barnhart 1988)
==Earliest recorded meaning==