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 edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈdonkʷa/

Adverb edit

*dunquam (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

then
thus, therefore

Descendants edit

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 edit

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