iamays

Middle French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French jamés (“ever; never”), from Latin iam (“already”) with magis (“more”).

Adverb

iamays

  1. (with ne) never
  2. 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
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