Where does “onques” come from?

onques (Middle French) comes from Old French onques, from Latin umquam, from Latin quam, from Proto-Italic kʷoi, from Proto-Indo-European kʷós — who.

onques (Middle French): ever; at any point in time; never

Definitions

  1. ever; at any point in time; never

Ancestry of “onques”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchonquesnever
2Latinumquamat any time, ever
3Latinquamin what way, to what degree; how, how much, as...
4Proto-Italickʷoiwho, what
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷóswho

Words derived from “onques”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷós →Every word from Proto-Italic kʷoi →Every word from Latin quam →