Where does “onques” come from?

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

onques (Old French): never

Definitions

  1. never

Ancestry of “onques”, 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 “onques”

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