hitherward

adv

Etymology: Etymology tree English hither Proto-Indo-European *wert-der. Proto-Germanic *wardaz Old English -weard English -ward English hitherward From hither + -ward.

1. Toward this place

   “Happiness, unhappiness: all that was but the wages thou hadst; thou hast spent all that, in sustaining thyself hitherward; not a coin of it remains with thee, it is all spent, eaten: and now thy work, where is thy work?”