iamays
Middle French edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old French jamés (“ever; never”), from Latin iam (“already”) with magis (“more”).
Adverb edit
iamays
- (with ne) never
- ever
- 1488, Jean Dupré, Lancelot du Lac, page 27:
- Et cellui me dist que ie le cherchasse se iamais y voulloye riens recouvrer
- And he said to me to look for him if ever I wanted to recover anything from there
Descendants edit
- French: jamais