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Where does “unqua” come from?

unqua (Italian) comes from Latin umquam, from Latin quam, from Proto-Italic kʷoi, from Proto-Indo-European kʷós — who.

unqua (Italian): never; ever

Definitions

  1. never; ever

Ancestry of “unqua”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinumquamat any time, ever
2Latinquamin what way, to what degree; how, how much, as...
3Proto-Italickʷoiwho, what
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷóswho

Words derived from “unqua”

  • qualunque
  • -unque
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