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
Ancestry of “iamays”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | jamés | ever; never |
| 2 | Latin | iam | already; now; anymore |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | Hyā́m | — |