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)

1. then
2. thus, therefore

Descendants

• Gallo-Romance:
  • Franco-Provençal: donca, adonca
  • Old French: donkes, donques, donque
    • Middle French: doncques, donc
      • French: donc
  • Old Occitan: adoncas
    • Occitan: adoncas
• 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