< Reconstruction:Latin
Reconstruction:Latin/dunquam
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
- Middle French: doncques, donc
- Italo-Romance:
- Italian: dunqua, donqua, adonqua (all archaic); dunque, adunque (literary)
- Arezzo: donqua
- Italian: dunqua, donqua, adonqua (all archaic); dunque, adunque (literary)
- Ibero-Romance:
- Navarro-Aragonese: donquas (in Vidal Mayor)
References
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “dunc”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 3: D–F, page 179