Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗Towards the back or rear; backwards. · In the rear; a distance behind. · By surprise; startled; dumbfounded. (see usage) · Backward against the mast; said of the sails when pressed by the wind from the "wrong" (forward) side, or of a ship when its sails are set that way.
From Middle English abak, from Old English onbæc, equivalent to a- (“towards”) + back. Compare West Frisian tebek (“aback”, adverb, literally “to/at back”), Swedish tillbaka (idem.).
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