Where does “încă” come from?

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

încă (Romanian): still, yet

Definitions

  1. still, yet

Ancestry of “încă”, 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 “încă”

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