fromward (adv.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict[fromward 词源字典]
(obsolete), late Old English framweardes, from framweard (adj.) "about to depart; doomed to die; with back turned;" opposed to toweard (see toward)); from from + -ward, and compare froward. As a preposition from c. 1200.[fromward etymology, fromward origin, 英语词源]