Where does “iamays” come from?

iamays (Middle French) comes from Old French jamés, from Latin iam, from Proto-Indo-European Hyā́m.

iamays (Middle French): never; ever

Definitions

  1. never; ever

Ancestry of “iamays”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchjamésever; never
2Latiniamalready; now; anymore
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanHyā́m—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European Hyā́m →Every word from Latin iam →Every word from Old French jamés →
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