onques
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Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French onques, from Old French onques, from Latin umquam, unquam.
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onques
Further reading edit
- “onques”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French edit
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From Old French onques.
Adverb edit
onques
- ever; at any point in time
- 1595, Michel de Montaigne, Essais, book II, chapter 12:
- ne pouvant rien refuser au commandement du meilleur pere qui fut onques
- Not being able to refuse the request of the greatest father who ever was
- (with ne) never (not at any point in time)
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- French: onques
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onques