Where does “onques” come from?
onques (French) comes from Middle French onques, from Old French onques, from Latin umquam, from Latin quam, from Proto-Italic kʷoi, from Proto-Indo-European kʷós — who.
onques (French): one day; never
Ancestry of “onques”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle French | onques | ever; at any point in time; never |
| 2 | Old French | onques | never |
| 3 | Latin | umquam | at any time, ever |
| 4 | Latin | quam | in what way, to what degree; how, how much, as... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | kʷoi | who, what |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷós | who |