ETYM AS. west, adv; akin to Dutch west, German west, westen, Old High Germ. westan, Icel. vestr, Swed. vest, vester, vestan, Dan. vest, vesten, and perhaps to Latin vesper evening, Greek. Related to Vesper, Visigoth.
The cardinal compass point that is a 270 degrees; SYN. due west, W.