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Forms

1.At or near the rear.
- Go in the back door of the house.
2.Returned or restored to a previous place or condition.
- He was on vacation, but now he’s back.
- The office fell into chaos when you left, but now order is back.
3.Not current.
- I’d like to find a back issue of that magazine.
4.Situated away from the main or most frequented areas.
- He lives out in the back country.
- It's OK that the highway is jammed, because I know a back way. It's another good way to get there.
- They took a back road.

1.To or in a previous condition or place.
- I left my mobile phone back at the hotel. I’ll have to go back and get it.
- He gave back the money.
2.In a direction opposite to that in which someone or something is facing or normally pointing.
- Her arm was bent back at an odd angle.
- Someone pushed me in the chest and I fell back.
- The grandfather clock toppled back and crashed to the ground.
3.In a direction opposite to the usual or desired direction of movement or progress, physically or figuratively.
- Wind the film back a few frames.
- This mishap has set the project back considerably.
- Don’t forget to put the clocks back by one hour tonight!
4.Towards, into or in the past.
- Think back to how you felt last year.
- Everything was simpler back in the old days.
- He built a time machine and travelled back to 1800.

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Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg-der.?

Proto-Germanic *baką

Proto-West Germanic *bak

Old English bæc

Middle English bak

English back