Reconstruction:Latin/dunquam

This Latin entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Latin

Etymology

Blend of dunc (“then”, late/popular term) +‎ unquam (“ever”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdonkʷa/

Adverb

*dunquam (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

then
thus, therefore

Descendants

Gallo-Romance:
- Franco-Provençal: donca, adonca
- Old French: donkes, donques, donque
  - Middle French: doncques, donc
    - French: donc
Italo-Romance:
- Italian: dunqua, donqua, adonqua (all archaic); dunque, adunque (literary)
  Arezzo: donqua
Ibero-Romance:
- Navarro-Aragonese: donquas (in Vidal Mayor)

References

Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “dunc”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 3: D–F, page 179

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